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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The deserted house was embowered in great blossoming shrubs, and filled with hyacinthine odors, among which predominated that of the little Chickasaw roses which everywhere bloomed and trailed around.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 by Various
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
That man, of course, is Jasper. p. 77The young man is Edwin Drood, of the Grecian nose, hyacinthine locks, and classic features, as in Sir L. Fildes’s third illustration.
From The Problem of 'Edwin Drood' A Study in the Methods of Dickens by W. Robertson Nicoll
His fair large front and eye sublime declar'd Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad.
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett
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 William Cowper
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