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Citrine

//ˈsɪtɹin// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a goldish-yellow colour. not-comparable

    "The coin […] bore what I at first thought was a woman's face—a woman crowned, neither young nor old, but silent and perfect in the citrine metal."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A goldish-yellow colour, like that of a lemon. countable, uncountable

    "[…] the urine becometh citrine, or of a deep yellowe color […]"

  2. 2
    semiprecious yellow quartz resembling topaz wordnet
  3. 3
    A brownish-yellow quartz. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English citrine, partly from Middle French citrine and partly from Latin citrīnus.

Etymology 2

From Middle English citrine, partly from Middle French citrine and partly from Latin citrīnus.

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