crystalline
/ˈkɹɪs.tə.lɪn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.24 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Resembling crystal in being clear and transparent
adj
Pure.
name
A female given name of rare usage.
Example Sentences
- "There the roſy-finger'd Spring, by the liquid mirror of a cryſtalline pool, was attiring her fair daughters in ſeven-fold ornaments, while the love-whiſpering breezes ſtole kiſſes as they paſſed, and fanned their glowing beauties."
- "not in his favoured midfield role, either but as a false No 9: the sort of role Guardiola only hands to his chosen, crystalline few: Mario Götze at Bayern Munich (less successfully), Lionel Messi at Barcelona (a little more so)."
- "Mr. and Mrs. George W. Jordan of Evergreen announce the engagement of their daughter, Crystalline Myra, to First Lt. Robert H. Rhodes, United States Army, son of Mr. L. B. Rhodes and the late Mrs. Rhodes of Effingham."
- "WACHTEL — Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Wachtel, Coeur d’Alene, are parents of a seven-pound, one-ounce daughter, Crystalline Jean, born Feb. 21."
- "“I have an eight-month-old baby girl, Crystalline,” she [Yelonda Williams] said."
Etymology
From Middle English cristallyn, cristallyne, from Old French cristallin and its etymon Latin crystallinus, from Ancient Greek κρυστάλλινος (krustállinos), from κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “crystal”) + -ῐνος (-ĭnos, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, crystal + -ine.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: cristallyn, cristallin, crystallinus, κρυστάλλινος
Usage
Inflected Forms
more crystalline (comparative)
most crystalline (superlative)
chrystalline (alternative, obsolete)
crystallines (plural)