hyacinth
/ˈhaɪ̯əsɪnθ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.73 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, native to the Mediterranean and South Africa.
name
name
A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Example Sentences
- "On life's long round by chance I found / A dell impearled with dew, / Where hyacinths, gushing from the ground, / Lent to the earth heaven's native hue / Of holy blue."
- ""Cynthia seems to me such an out-of-the-way name, only fit for poetry, not for daily use." "It is mine," said Mrs. Kirkpatrick, in a plaintive tone of reproach. "I was christened Hyacinth, and her poor father would have her called after me. I'm sorry you don't like it." […] "Yes; Hyacinth! It's the silliest name I've ever heard of; but it's hers, and I must call her by it.[…]""
Etymology
From Middle English jacinth, partly from Old French jacincte, from Medieval Latin jacintus, and partly from Old English iacinþ, from Medieval Latin jacinthus, both from Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos, “any of several dark blue flowers”), ultimately from a non-Indo-European Mediterranean language. Re-Latinized in the 16th century.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: jacinth, jacincte, jacintus, iacinþ, jacinthus, hyacinthus