cornelian

noun

1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable)Alternative form of carnelian.

   “This proceedeth from the variety of air (commonly found in islands) which sometimes being moist, sullies and renders the cornelian pale or albescent, after the manner of glass, which when breath'd upon, is clouded with a pale whitish colour, but upon change to a drier air, which will often happen in a moment, the cornelian recovers its former brisk red colour.”

2. (countable, uncountable)Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Deudorix.
3. The cornelian cherry (fruit).

adj

1. Pertaining to Pierre Corneille, or characteristic of his tragedies

   “Nick tried for a while to talk to Emile about scrap metal, which tested his Cornelian French to the limits […]”