Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

avanturine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: avan-turine
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of aventurine.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[F]rom out the silken curtain-folds / Bare-footed and bare-headed three fair girls / In gilt and rosy raiment came: their feet / In dewy grasses glisten'd; and the hair / All over glanced with dewdrop or with gem / Like sparkles in the stone Avanturine."
"During this period of two centuries little colour was employed in the lacquer-work, but much gold was used; and those particular kinds of work in which "clouded" gold effects, avanturines, and tesselated gold are introduced, as well as low-relief modelling of a most perfect kind, were invented and brought to a high state of perfection."

Usage

Inflected Forms

avanturines (plural)

Questions

What does avanturine mean?: Alternative form of aventurine.

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