jacinth
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- Scrabble points
- 19
- Words With Friends
- 22
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Definition of jacinth
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)A translucent, reddish type of zircon used as a gemstone; a hyacinth.
“The fift Sardonix, the sixt Sardius, the seuenth Chrysolite, the eight Beryl, the ninth a Topas, the tenth a Chrysoprasus, the eleuenth a Iacinct, the twelfth an Amethyst.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)A translucent, reddish type of zircon used as a gemstone; a hyacinth.
“The fift Sardonix, the sixt Sardius, the seuenth Chrysolite, the eight Beryl, the ninth a Topas, the tenth a Chrysoprasus, the eleuenth a Iacinct, the twelfth an Amethyst.”
name
- A female given name.
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Etymology
From Middle English jacynct, partly from Old French jacincte, and partly from Old English iacinþ, both from Medieval Latin jacintus, jacinthus, from Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos). Doublet of hyacinth.
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