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onyx

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14
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14
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4
Pronunciation
/ˈɒnɪks/

Definition of onyx

5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz.
    “People talk about using marble in the bathrooms. Marble wasn't good enough for use—we have onyx!”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz.
    “People talk about using marble in the bathrooms. Marble wasn't good enough for use—we have onyx!”
  2. (countable, uncountable)A jet-black color, named after the gemstone.
    “Near-synonyms: ebony, raven”
  3. (countable, uncountable)Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Horaga.

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Jet-black; often, glossily so.
    “Near-synonyms: ebony, raven”
    “And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.”
    “There was no moon, only stars set brilliantly in the soft black onyx of the sky : a black night and very silent on Cimiez ; and a black and silent prospect from the verandah […]”

name

  1. A census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States.

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Etymology

From Middle English onix (c. 1300), earlier oniche (c. 1250), from Old French oniche or onix, from Latin onyx, from Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux, “onyx”). Doublet of unguis.

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