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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.
Made of hyacinth; consisting of hyacinth; resembling hyacinth.

Definition 2024


hyacinthine

hyacinthine

English

Adjective

hyacinthine (comparative more hyacinthine, superlative most hyacinthine)

  1. 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:
    • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
      The beautiful boy has flowing or richly textured hyacinthine hair, the only luxuriance in this chastity.

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Latin

Adjective

hyacinthine

  1. vocative masculine singular of hyacinthinus