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Webster 1913 Edition

Citrine

Cit′rine

,
Adj.
[F.
citrin
. See
Citron
.]
Like a citron or lemon; of a lemon color; greenish yellow.
Citrine ointment
(Med.)
,
a yellowish mercurial ointment, the
unguentum hydrargyri nitratis
.

Cit′rine

,
Noun.
A yellow, pellucid variety of quartz.

Webster 1828 Edition

Citrine

CITRINE

,
Adj.
Like a citron or lemon; of a lemon color; yellow, or greenish yellow.

CITRINE

,
Noun.
A species of very fine sprig crystal, of a beautiful yellow color, found in columns, and terminating in a hexangular pyramid.

Definition 2024

citrine

citrine

English

A cut citrine gem

Noun

citrine ‎(plural citrines)

  1. A goldish-yellow colour, like that of a lemon.
    citrine colour:    
    • Francis Thynne
      […] the urine becometh citrine, or of a deep yellowe color […]
    • 1962 (quoting c. 1398 text), Hans Kurath & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., Middle English Dictionary, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, ISBN 978-0-472-01044-8, page 1242:
      dorrẹ̅, dōrī adj. & n. […] Golden or reddish-yellow […] (a. 1398) *Trev. Barth. 59b/a: ʒelouʒ colour [of urine] […] tokeneþ febleness of hete […] dorrey & citrine & liʒt red tokeneþ mene.}}
  2. A brownish-yellow quartz.

Translations

Adjective

citrine ‎(not comparable)

  1. Of a goldish-yellow colour.

See also

  • false topaz
  • Appendix:Colors

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French

Noun

citrine f ‎(plural citrines)

  1. citrine

Italian

Adjective

citrine

  1. feminine plural of citrino

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Latin

Adjective

citrīne

  1. vocative masculine singular of citrīnus

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