hyacinthine
/ˌhaɪ.əˈsɪn.θɪn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of the colour of a hyacinth (either the gem or the flower); reddish-gold (chiefly with reference to hair).
adj
Beautiful, like the mythological Hyacinthus.
Example Sentences
- "His fair large front and eye sublime declared / Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks / Round from his parted forelock manly hung / Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad:"
- "[…] the nicest young man that ever was, — daintily gloved, patently booted, oilily curled, snowily wristbanded, with a lovely cambric (prima facie) handkerchief bound about his hyacinthine locks and polished hat."
- "The beautiful boy has flowing or richly textured hyacinthine hair, the only luxuriance in this chastity."
Etymology
From Latin hyacinthinus, from Ancient Greek ὑακίνθινος (huakínthinos), from ὑάκινθος (huákinthos); corresponding to hyacinth + -ine.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more hyacinthine (comparative)
most hyacinthine (superlative)