amethystineadj.

Brit.

/ˌamᵻˈθɪstʌɪn/, U.S.

/ˌæməˈθɪsˌtaɪn/,

/ˌæməˈθɪsˌtin/,

/ˌæməˈθɪstən/

Forms: 1600s– amethystine, 1700s amethestyne, 1700s amethistine.

Origin: Partly a borrowing from Latin. Perhaps also partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin amethystinus ; amethyst n., -ine suffix².

Etymology: In sense 1 < classical Latin amethystinus of the colour of amethyst, violet-purple, ornamented or set with amethyst < Hellenistic Greek ἀμεθύστινος of amethyst < ἀμέθυστος amethyst n. + -ινος -ine suffix². In sense 2 perhaps independently < amethyst n. + -ine suffix²; compare Hellenistic Greek ἀμεθύστινος.

1. Of a colour: resembling amethyst. Of an object: amethyst-coloured; violet-purple. Chiefly literary in later use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [adjective] > bluish purple

violet1370

blue-violeta1382

blue-purple?a1425

violet-coloured1552

bluish-purple1578

ianthine1609

amethystine1651

amethyst1807

pansy purple1814

violety1831

violescent1847

violetish1871

pansy-coloured1891

1651 J. French tr. J. R. Glauber Descr. New Philos. Furnaces 284 Copper commonly makes a colour green like the Sea,..Gold the best skie colour; Wismuth common skie colour; Magnesia Amethystine.

1661 R. Boyle Sceptical Chymist iii. 176 Alter'd to an almost Amethystine colour.

1671 J. Webster Metallographia xv. 211 Most elegant Amethystine flowers.

a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) 163 The Root or Part that was next the Stone is white: the Tips of the Shoots all of an Amethystine Hue.

1834 B. Disraeli Revolutionary Epick i. i. 1 Bright beings, beauteous as the rosy morn, With amethystine wings.

1900 H. Harland Cardinal's Snuff-box xix. 191 The..buildings stood out..the white marble, palely, scintillantly amethystine.

2010 D. Poyer Ghosting 72 Colors played across its surface, changing and fading, amethystine violet and midnight blue and alloyed gold.

2. Resembling, containing, or of the nature of amethyst. In later use chiefly in amethystine quartz.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal > others

amethystine1670

marcasitical1670

cawky1676

blendy1683

sylvanitic1796

ytter1805

phosphatic1818

pyroxenic1819

hornblendic1823

muriatiferous1823

platiniferous1828

quartziferous1831

hypersthenic1838

schorly1838

uralitic1845

blendous1847

rutilated1849

orthoclase1853

palladiferous1866

peridotic1867

paragonitic1868

vivianitized1870

andesitic1876

tremolitic1880

phosphoriferous1881

kaolinitic1885

saussuritic1885

perthitic1887

strontianiferous1888

radiferous1899

myrmekitic1916

montmorillonitic1939

illitic1949

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > rock crystal > [adjective] > amethyst

amethystine1670

the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > tectosilicate > [adjective] > quartz > other crystalline quartzes

amethystine1670

tea-stone1848

1670 E. Browne in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 5 No. 58. 1197* Amethysts or Amethystine mixtures in the clefts of the Rocks.

1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 222 Gold-grains, Amethystine [1723 ed. 3 Amethistine] Pebles, Amber.

1776 R. E. Raspe tr. J. J. Ferber Trav. Italy xi. 139 Amethystine quartz crystallisations.

1877 L. Jewitt Half-hours among Eng. Antiq. 206 Beads of amethystine quartz.

1933 Sci. News Let. 11 Mar. 158/2 Amethystine quartz is present in the rock, indicating that the ancient Egyptians may have used these quarries as a source of their amethyst.

2018 Market News Publishing (Nexis) 15 Aug. Amethystine quartz occurs in some of the breccias and veins.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	amethystine
释义	amethystineadj. Brit. /ˌamᵻˈθɪstʌɪn/, U.S. /ˌæməˈθɪsˌtaɪn/, /ˌæməˈθɪsˌtin/, /ˌæməˈθɪstən/ Forms: 1600s– amethystine, 1700s amethestyne, 1700s amethistine. Origin: Partly a borrowing from Latin. Perhaps also partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin amethystinus ; amethyst n., -ine suffix². Etymology: In sense 1 < classical Latin amethystinus of the colour of amethyst, violet-purple, ornamented or set with amethyst < Hellenistic Greek ἀμεθύστινος of amethyst < ἀμέθυστος amethyst n. + -ινος -ine suffix². In sense 2 perhaps independently < amethyst n. + -ine suffix²; compare Hellenistic Greek ἀμεθύστινος. 1. Of a colour: resembling amethyst. Of an object: amethyst-coloured; violet-purple. Chiefly literary in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [adjective] > bluish purple violet1370 blue-violeta1382 blue-purple?a1425 violet-coloured1552 bluish-purple1578 ianthine1609 amethystine1651 amethyst1807 pansy purple1814 violety1831 violescent1847 violetish1871 pansy-coloured1891 1651 J. French tr. J. R. Glauber Descr. New Philos. Furnaces 284 Copper commonly makes a colour green like the Sea,..Gold the best skie colour; Wismuth common skie colour; Magnesia Amethystine. 1661 R. Boyle Sceptical Chymist iii. 176 Alter'd to an almost Amethystine colour. 1671 J. Webster Metallographia xv. 211 Most elegant Amethystine flowers. a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) 163 The Root or Part that was next the Stone is white: the Tips of the Shoots all of an Amethystine Hue. 1834 B. Disraeli Revolutionary Epick i. i. 1 Bright beings, beauteous as the rosy morn, With amethystine wings. 1900 H. Harland Cardinal's Snuff-box xix. 191 The..buildings stood out..the white marble, palely, scintillantly amethystine. 2010 D. Poyer Ghosting 72 Colors played across its surface, changing and fading, amethystine violet and midnight blue and alloyed gold. 2. Resembling, containing, or of the nature of amethyst. In later use chiefly in amethystine quartz. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal > others amethystine1670 marcasitical1670 cawky1676 blendy1683 sylvanitic1796 ytter1805 phosphatic1818 pyroxenic1819 hornblendic1823 muriatiferous1823 platiniferous1828 quartziferous1831 hypersthenic1838 schorly1838 uralitic1845 blendous1847 rutilated1849 orthoclase1853 palladiferous1866 peridotic1867 paragonitic1868 vivianitized1870 andesitic1876 tremolitic1880 phosphoriferous1881 kaolinitic1885 saussuritic1885 perthitic1887 strontianiferous1888 radiferous1899 myrmekitic1916 montmorillonitic1939 illitic1949 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > rock crystal > [adjective] > amethyst amethystine1670 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > tectosilicate > [adjective] > quartz > other crystalline quartzes amethystine1670 tea-stone1848 1670 E. Browne in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 5 No. 58. 1197* Amethysts or Amethystine mixtures in the clefts of the Rocks. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 222 Gold-grains, Amethystine [1723 ed. 3 Amethistine] Pebles, Amber. 1776 R. E. Raspe tr. J. J. Ferber Trav. Italy xi. 139 Amethystine quartz crystallisations. 1877 L. Jewitt Half-hours among Eng. Antiq. 206 Beads of amethystine quartz. 1933 Sci. News Let. 11 Mar. 158/2 Amethystine quartz is present in the rock, indicating that the ancient Egyptians may have used these quarries as a source of their amethyst. 2018 Market News Publishing (Nexis) 15 Aug. Amethystine quartz occurs in some of the breccias and veins. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1651
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