Hyacinthine

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of the colour of a hyacinth (either the gem or the flower); reddish-gold (chiefly with reference to hair).

    "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:"

  2. 2
    Curling like the petals of the hyacinth.
  3. 3
    Beautiful, like the mythological Hyacinthus.

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"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:"

Etymology

From Latin hyacinthinus, from Ancient Greek ὑακίνθινος (huakínthinos), from ὑάκινθος (huákinthos); corresponding to hyacinth + -ine.

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