Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A pale yellow variety of crystalline quartz resembling topaz.
- n. A light to moderate olive.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of a lemon-color; yellow or greenish-yellow; specifically, of a color differing from yellow only in its greatly reduced chroma and somewhat reduced luminosity. Also citrean, citrinous.
- Pertaining to the genus Citrus; having the characters of or resembling the citron, lemon, lime, or orange.
- n. Citron-color. See extract.
- n. A yellow pellucid variety of quartz.
Wiktionary
- n. A goldish-yellow colour, like that of a lemon.
- n. A brownish-yellow quartz
- adj. Of a goldish-yellow colour
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Like a citron or lemon; of a lemon color; greenish yellow.
- n. A yellow, pellucid variety of quartz.
WordNet 3.0
- n. semiprecious yellow quartz resembling topaz
Etymologies
- Middle English, reddish yellow, from Old French citrin, from Medieval Latin citrīnus, from Latin citrus, citron tree. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Yellow quartz is sometimes known as citrine; when the quartz presents a pale brown tint it is called "smoky quartz"; and when the brown is so deep that the stone appears almost black it is termed morion.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
“Do you happen to know where to get full-on bright lemon yellow curtains specifically Kelly Wearstler "citrine" yellow if possible?”
“Explaining the mineral contents of this mosaic, Rose said, "the red is garnet, blue is turquoise, the lighter blue are crystals of calcite, the black is a very rare marble ... and the name of the marble is Orca, and her hair is made with California white quartz and citrine which is yellow quarts.”
“Lalique's flora and fauna are everywhere—nude feminine figures with insect wings on a necklace, a lizard lorgnette, an ivy and clover hatpin, swans here, wheat sheaves there, a pair of white peacocks with multicolor tails standing on a heart-shaped citrine.”
“She might also tell me to do something new (and so be renewed?), such as ride my bike to Camaret and give my new friend Liliane a jam jar of jardin jewels: those ruby and sapphire and citrine splendors in the garden.”
“Photographs by Kurt Wilberding Tamsen Z 60-inch necklace made from citrine briolettes, $11,600, Tamsen Z, 212-360-7840”
“Photographs by Kurt Wilberding Kara Ross raw citrine necklace, $11,700, Kararossny. com”
“Photographs by Kurt Wilberding Marco Bicego Jaipur bangle crafted in 18-karat yellow gold with citrine and mother-of-pearl, $890, and Jaipur bangle crafted in 18-karat yellow gold with citrine and blue topaz, $890 each, Saks, 877-551-7257”
“Photographs by Kurt Wilberding David Yurman large oval citrine and 18-karat-gold rings, $2,150 each, David Yurman Townhouse, 212-752-4255”
“My favorites, though, are citrine bead necklaces, twinkling in their cases on Fifth Avenue — from around $20.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘citrine’.
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phrontistery - c
from phrontistery.info
caballine, cabas, cable, caboched, cabochon, caboose, cabotage, cabré, cabrie, cabriole, cabriolet, cacaesthesia and 1298 more...
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Colour Me Happy
violet, lavender, rose, eggshell, mauve, fuschia, grey, azure, almond, sienna, purple, periwinkle and 71 more...
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jonasword's list
My words unusual strange new clever or stupid
puce, ecru, magenta, mauve, taupe, azure, cerulean, celadon, cinnabar, viridian, vermilion, ultramarine and 6 more...
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♥
ambrosia, inamorata, gossamer, lily-white, hummingbird, roucoulement, poppy, daisy, calypso, lunula, lamb, dove and 1526 more...
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dandy's list
favourite words
cattywampus, wibble, fenagle, whisker, sneeze, wisteria, honeysuckle, clove, perihelion, glimmer, twilight, dusk and 264 more...
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Colors
Words for colors, including things so associated with a color that they can be used in reference to a color.
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, purple, navy, lavender, turquoise, chartreuse and 218 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (C)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
cacophony, cad, cajole, calamity, camomile, camphor, candlemas, candy apple, canopy, canticle, caparison, caravan and 304 more...
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Oh them words, them words
My fancies, my cudgels.
liquescent, ferly, lamia, basilisk, trigon, fantast, stirp, tristesse, enfleurage, stemma, formicary, lacrimation and 346 more...
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5-0
Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2719 more...
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Chromonyms
These chromonyms are defined as colors in at least one dictionary (mostly MW3). (Actually there's one fake, for reasons I'll explain someday.) They are all one-word nouns such as "kelly", which can...
absinthe, acacia, acorn, alabaster, alesan, almond, aloma, amaranth, amber, amethyst, anemone, anil and 821 more...
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wordrainbow
A big list of color names for use on wordrainbow.com
emerald, cherry, coffee, cream, almond, gold, kiwi, green, grass green, aquamarine, beet red, sepia and 714 more...
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gorgonglare's list
the best
zeppelin, ion, laconic, serendipity, cataract, saturnine, syzygy, cinnabar, bistro, lithium, paroxysm, scion and 694 more...
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random assortment
antinomian ranter, supercilious, minion, carmine, circumlocution, mellisma, riverward, microtextual, callipygian, confelicitous, googlewhackery, dovetail and 179 more...
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Favorite Words
crunk, ostentatious, shellac, smoot, thrice, somnambulant, nefarious, nostalgic, shenanigans, hooligans, oracle, torr and 142 more...
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Colors that INSPIRE
teal, magenta, chartreuse, sienna, maroon, periwinkle, prussian blue, mahogany, silver, gold, bronze, aquamarine and 20 more...
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Exotic Color Names
Single-word names of colors.
bisque, chartreuse, cornsilk, gainsboro, roseate, verdigris, carmine, dahlia, vermilion, puce, cinereal, muslin and 41 more...
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