hyacinthine

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Definition of hyacinthine

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adj

Of the colour of a hyacinth (either the gem or the flower); reddish-gold (chiefly with reference to hair).

“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:”
“[…] the nicest young man that ever was, — daintily gloved, patently booted, oilily curled, snowily wristbanded, with a lovely cambric (prima facie) handkerchief bound about his hyacinthine locks and polished hat.”
“The beautiful boy has flowing or richly textured hyacinthine hair, the only luxuriance in this chastity.”

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adj

Of the colour of a hyacinth (either the gem or the flower); reddish-gold (chiefly with reference to hair).

“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:”
“[…] the nicest young man that ever was, — daintily gloved, patently booted, oilily curled, snowily wristbanded, with a lovely cambric (prima facie) handkerchief bound about his hyacinthine locks and polished hat.”
“The beautiful boy has flowing or richly textured hyacinthine hair, the only luxuriance in this chastity.”
Curling like the petals of the hyacinth.
Beautiful, like the mythological Hyacinthus.

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From Latin hyacinthinus, from Ancient Greek ὑακίνθινος (huakínthinos), from ὑάκινθος (huákinthos); corresponding to hyacinth + -ine.

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