单词 | chalcedony |
释义 | chalcedony —chalcedonic /kal'si don"ik/, chalcedonous, adj. /kal sed"n ee, kal"seuh doh'nee/, n. , pl. chalcedonies. a microcrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, often milky or grayish. [1275-1325; ME calcedonie < LL chalcedonius (Vulgate, Rev. XIX, 19), equiv. to chalcedon- ( < Gk chalkedón chalcedony, identified by Saint Jerome with Chalcedon, the city) + -ius -IOUS] |
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