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onyx
/ˈɑnɪks/
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What does onyx mean?
noun
- A banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz.
- A jet-black color, named after the gemstone.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Horaga.
More meanings (2)
adjective
- Jet-black; often, glossily so.
proper noun
- A census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɑnɪks/
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My mind is a confused jumble of onyx and gilding and mosaic floors and palms.
By night my garden is o'erhung with gems Fixed in an onyx setting.
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On the surface of this fluid sand, one could find bits of brilliant stone, crystals and agates and onyx, and petrified wood as red as blood.
And the degrees to go up to his throne, where he sitteth at the meat, one is of onyx, another is of crystal, and another of jasper green, another of amethyst, another of sardine, another of cornelian, and the seventh, that he setteth on his feet, is of chrysolite.