Citrine
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsɪtɹin/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Citrine is a noun meaning A goldish-yellow colour, like that of a lemon.
Meaning
A goldish-yellow colour, like that of a lemon.
More Meanings
- A brownish-yellow quartz.
- Of a goldish-yellow colour.
Example Sentences
[…] the urine becometh citrine, or of a deep yellowe color […]
The coin […] bore what I at first thought was a woman's face—a woman crowned, neither young nor old, but silent and perfect in the citrine metal.
dorrẹ̅, dōrī adj. & n. […] Golden or reddish-yellow […] (a. 1398) *Trev. Barth. 59b/a: ʒelouʒ colour [of urine] […] tokeneþ febleness of hete […] dorrey & citrine & liʒt red tokeneþ mene.
From above and behind his head, there came a bumblebee as big as his thumb. It circled his ear, then hovered by the rock, probing the nodes of citrine, which were the same bright yellow as the fieldstars that bloomed among the hills.
Word Forms
- citrines
- citrean
- citrinous
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ointment, golden-yellow, peridot, topaz, lime, ochre.
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