amethyst
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A transparent purple to violet variety of quartz with traces of manganese, used as a gemstone.
- 2.
(uncountable)A purple colour.
- 3.
(heraldry) The tincture purpure, when blazoning by precious stones.
1st & 4th grand Quarter alike viz. Field Pearl, on a bend Sapphire 3 Buckheads, coup'd topaz for Stanley. The 2d Quarter, Field Sapphire with an inverted Chief, amethyst. The 3d, A Checque topaz & Amethyst, this seems prior to Bosworth field, to have belong'd to Sr Robt Goushill whose Dr a Stanley married …
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
Having a colour similar to that of the gemstone
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From Middle English ametist, from Old French ametiste (améthyste), from Ancient Greek ἀμέθυστος (not drunk), from ἀ- (not) + μεθύω (to be drunk), from μέθυ (wine).