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Webster 1913 Edition
Hyacinthine
Hyˊa-cin′thine
,Adj.
[L.
hyacinthinus
, Gr. [GREEK].] Belonging to the hyacinth; resembling the hyacinth; in color like the hyacinth.
Milton.
His curling locks like
hyacinthine
flowers. Cowper.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hyacinthine
HYACINTH'INE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
hyacinthine
hyacinthine
English
Adjective
hyacinthine (comparative more hyacinthine, superlative most hyacinthine)
- The colour of a hyacinth (either the gem or the flower); reddish-gold (chiefly with reference to hair).
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book IV, lines 300-303,
- His fair large front and eye sublime declared / Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks / Round from his parted forelock manly hung / Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad:
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1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
- The beautiful boy has flowing or richly textured hyacinthine hair, the only luxuriance in this chastity.
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book IV, lines 300-303,