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onyx I. \ˈäniks, -nēks sometimes ˈōn-\ noun (-es) Etymology: Middle English onix, oniche, from Old French & Latin; Old French onix, oniche, from Latin onych-, onyx, from Greek, nail of the finger or toe, claw, onyx — more at nail 1. a. : a chalcedony that has straight parallel alternating bands of color (as white and black or white and brown) and that is used especially in making cameos — compare sardonyx b. : black onyx 2. or onyx marble : alabaster 1b II. adjective : of the color jet black < the onyx night sky — Flora Lewis > < onyx days of the depression — Maurice Zolotow > |