smaragdine

[smuh-rag-din]

adjective

of or relating to emeralds.
emerald-green in color.

noun

Rare. smaragd.

Origin of smaragdine

1350–1400; Middle English: smaragd < Latin smaragdīnus < Greek smarágdinos, equivalent to smáragd(os) emerald + -inos -ine¹

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Historical Examples of smaragdine

Then Smaragdine set herself busily to work in embroidering a carpet.
Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers
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"As above, so below," is the teaching on the Smaragdine Table of Hermes.
Simon Magus
George Robert Stow Mead
Smaragdine forthwith put the house in the nicest order, and set about dressing a little supper with the most exquisite skill.
Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers
Various
She happened to enter at a moment when the female slaves of the house were misusing poor Smaragdine.
Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers
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With this he placed himself below Smaragdine's window, received her on his shoulders, and darted off with her like lightning.
Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers
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