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
Example Sentences
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O’er Calvary’s sharp spire afar Clear flowered one hyacinthine star.
From Sprays of Shamrock by Scollard, Clinton
He was a brunette with hyacinthine locks and lustrous black eyes, and with hands and feet too pretty, almost, for use.
From Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. by Howe, William F.
Then Pallas, progeny of Jove, his form Dilated more, and from his head diffused His curling locks like hyacinthine flowers.
From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William
To the left walks Edwin, with hyacinthine locks, and a thoroughly classical type of face, and Grecian nose.
From The Problem of 'Edwin Drood' A Study in the Methods of Dickens by Nicoll, W. Robertson
Through it I see a field of pots—not flower-pots, but chimney-pots—and the smoke from them is hyacinthine.
From Fairfax and His Pride by Vorst, Marie Van
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