smaragdine

[ smuh-rag-din ]

/ sməˈræg dɪn /

of or relating to emeralds.

emerald-green in color.

Rare. smaragd.

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

She happened to enter at a moment when the female slaves of the house were misusing poor Smaragdine.
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Smaragdine forthwith put the house in the nicest order, and set about dressing a little supper with the most exquisite skill.
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Smaragdine, after a little while, began to dry her tears, and by degrees affected to be quite comforted.
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Smaragdine, whom this disturbance had not escaped, gave orders forthwith that the man should be brought before her throne.
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Smaragdine could scarcely wait until night came, so great was her impatience.
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