chrysoprase

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
21
Words With Friends
21
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˈkɹɪsəˌpɹeɪz/

Definition of chrysoprase

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A variety of light-green translucent quartz.
    “[…]or such pale green and uncertain as we see in sunset sky, and in the clefts of the glacier and the chrysoprase,[…]”
    “With shaken soul of light and shuddering blaze Of leaping emerald and cold chrysoprase”

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) and πράσινον (prásinon, “green”).

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