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Jacinth

//ˈd͡ʒæ.sɪnθ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name.
Noun
  1. 1
    A translucent, reddish type of zircon used as a gemstone; a hyacinth. countable, uncountable

    "The fift Sardonix, the sixt Sardius, the seuenth Chrysolite, the eight Beryl, the ninth a Topas, the tenth a Chrysoprasus, the eleuenth a Iacinct, the twelfth an Amethyst."

  2. 2
    a red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English jacynct, partly from Old French jacincte, and partly from Old English iacinþ, both from Medieval Latin jacintus, jacinthus, from Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos). Doublet of hyacinth.

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