amethystine

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Anon everything was golden and amethystine, like a foreshadowing of the splendor of the New Jerusalem.

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  1. Pertaining to or resembling amethyst; of the color of amethyst; purple; violet. Anciently applied to a garment of the color of amethyst, as distinguished from the Tyrian and hyacinthine purple. Trembling water-drops, That glimmer with an amethystine light. Bryant, Winter Piece.
  2. Composed of amethyst: as, an amethystine cup.

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  1. from Latin amethystinus, from Greek ἀμεύστινος, from ἀμέθυστος, amethyst: see amethyst.
 

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