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smeraldino

smeraldino

Italian

Adjective

smeraldino m (feminine singular smeraldina, masculine plural smeraldini, feminine plural smeraldine)

  1. (archaic) made out of emerald
    • 1946, Louis Charbonneau-Lassay, Il giardino del Cristo ferito, Arkeios, page 190:
      [] , fu mostrato il ricco vaso smeraldino, []
      [] , he was shown the rich emerald vase, []
  2. (dated) emerald green; emerald-like in colour
    • 1903, Giovanni Pascoli, Myricae, Raffaello Giusti (1903), page 86, “Il miracolo”:
      Vedeste l'erba lucido tappeto, ¶ e su le pietre il musco smeraldino; [...]
      You saw the grass as shiny carpet, ¶ and on the stones the emerald-green musk; [...]