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amethyst
/ˈæmɪθɪst/
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What does amethyst mean?
noun
- A transparent purple to violet variety of quartz with traces of manganese, used as a gemstone.
- A purple colour.
- The tincture purpure, when blazoning by precious stones.
More meanings (2)
adjective
- Having a colour similar to that of the gemstone
proper noun
- A female given name.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈæmɪθɪst/
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The cornelian appeased anger, and the hyacinth provoked sleep, and the amethyst drove away the fumes of wine.
He held out his snuffbox of old gold, with a great amethyst in the centre of the lid.
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Around her throat was a wonderful necklace and on her arms were bracelets of gold set with amethyst and rimmed with diamonds.
This child had taken and lost her treasured amethyst brooch and now sat there calmly reciting the details thereof without the least apparent compunction or repentance.
The ruby, the diamond, the emerald, the carbuncle, the topaz, the amethyst, the sapphire; of them the wall was built up in harmonious combination.