hyacinthine

[ hahy-uh-sin-thin, -thahyn ]

/ ˌhaɪ əˈsɪn θɪn, -θaɪn /

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adjective

of or like the hyacinth.

adorned with hyacinths.

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Origin of hyacinthine

1650–60; <Latin hyacinthinus<Greek hyakínthinos.See hyacinth, -ine¹

Words nearby hyacinthine

hx, Hy, hyacinth, hyacinth bean, hyacinthin, hyacinthine, Hyacinthus, Hyades, hyaena, hyal-, hyalin

How to use hyacinthine in a sentence

By continuance of heat it calcines in white fumes, called argentine flowers of antimony, which melt into a hyacinthine glass.
Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry|Joseph Priestley
The breezy or stormy sea was purple; the sky was purple; the hyacinthine locks of Narcissus, the rosy lips of Venus were purple.
Needlework As Art|Marian Alford
There was no suggestion of a body, only that majestic head crowned with hyacinthine locks and limned in lambent fire.
The Doomsman|Van Tassel Sutphen
To the left walks Edwin, with hyacinthine locks, and a thoroughly classical type of face, and Grecian nose.
The Puzzle of Dickens's Last Plot|Andrew Lang

His dark-brown hair was short and hyacinthine, close to his white forehead, and naturally showing his small ears.
Lothair|Benjamin Disraeli