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  jacinth

  noun

  hyacinth.
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  Jacinth

  noun

  a female given name, form of Hyacinth.

jacinth

¹ American  

[jey-sinth, jas-inth] / ˈdʒeɪ sɪnθ, ˈdʒæs ɪnθ /

noun

1. Mineralogy. hyacinth.

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Jacinth ² American  

[jey-sinth, jas-inth] / ˈdʒeɪ sɪnθ, ˈdʒæs ɪnθ /

noun

1. a female given name, form of Hyacinth.

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jacinth British  

/ ˈdʒæsɪnθ /

noun

1. another name for hyacinth

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Etymology

Origin of jacinth

1200–50; < Medieval Latin jacinthus, Latin hyacinthus hyacinth; replacing Middle English jacinct < Old French jacincte < Medieval Latin jacinctus, variant of jacinthus

Example Sentences

Fire is red, jacinth blue, and brimstone yellow,—the chosen colors of the Ottoman warriors, their military uniform.

From Notes on the Apocalypse by Steele, David

Every morning the Sun-god threw open the magnificent portals of his domain, dazzling rifts and spires, black cliffs glacier-bitten, the flawless vaulted roof of Kinchenjunga— 'Myriads of topaz lights and jacinth work Of subtlest jewellery.'

From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Candler, Edmund

Jasper, jacinth, chalcedony, emerald, chrysoprasus, were suggested by the still bosom of the lake, towered round by light-reflecting mountains.

From The Wild Olive by King, Basil

The little pools of water along the low shores glowed like mirrors of polished jacinth.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

The sand was composed of mica, quartz, sapphire, ruby, and jacinth; but the large proportion of ruby sand was so extraordinary that it seemed to rival Sinbad's story of the vale of gems.

From Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir