hyacinthine
Americanadjective
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of or like the hyacinth.
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adorned with hyacinths.
Etymology
Origin of hyacinthine
1650–60; < Latin hyacinthinus < Greek hyakínthinos. See hyacinth, -ine 1
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His tissue becomes finer, his skin clearer and brighter, and his hair more glossy and hyacinthine.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 by Various
All, yes; besides the ties you will require a shirt-collar or two, a comb to unravel those hyacinthine locks of yours, a pair of spectacles, and a toothpick.
From Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin by William Henry Giles Kingston
But I got my eyes shut all right, you see; so it only burned my hyacinthine locks a bit, and took off my eyebrows, and spoiled a good suit of clothes.
From Hildegarde's Harvest by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
Then, Pallas over all his features shed 180 Superior beauty, dignified his form With added amplitude, and pour’d his curls Like hyacinthine flow’rs down from his brows.
From The Odyssey of Homer by William Cowper
On his head he wore a petasus of hyacinthine hue, out of which sprang three peacock's feathers.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-05 by Sir Owen Seaman
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