Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as hyacinth.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun See hyacinth.

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  • noun Gems A translucent, reddish type of zircon used as a gemstone.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English jacinte, from Old French jacinte or from Medieval Latin jacintus, both from Latin hyacinthus; see hyacinth.]

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Examples

  • They are also frequently and incorrectly called jacinth or hyacinth, terms which, as we have seen, should be reserved for yellow and red zircon, respectively.

    A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Frank Bertram Wade

  • The floor was a mosaic of jacinth, spinel and sunstone.

    Wild Dreams of Reality, 5 2010

  • So he put out his hand and unlocked the door and entering, found himself before a great basin; and hard by it stood a little pavilion, builded all of gold and silver and crystal, with lattice-windows of jacinth.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • So they took their pleasure in its streets and alleys, till they came to the Palace of Gold and entering passed through seven vestibules, when they drew near to a building, whose walls were of royal balass rubies and its pavement of emerald and jacinth.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • He gazed upon these pleasaunces and saw beyond a surging sea, dashing with clashing billows, and he ceased not to explore the palace right and left, till he ended at a pavilion builded with alternate courses, two bricks of gold and one of silver and jacinth and emerald and supported by four columns.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Zircon has been known since biblical times, and it has been called by a variety of names, including jargon, hyacinth and jacinth.

    Zirconium 2008

  • LOVELOVE haha jacinth finally being taller than me haha cock eyed radha and her mascara piong spying on our class

    ianthopia Diary Entry ianthopia 2007

  • And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

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  • "I displayed a few amulets and rings of amber, jacinth, and sardonyx, known cures for deadly fevers, and for those who could not afford gemstones, genuine or otherwise."

    Company of Liars by Karen Maitland

    September 22, 2009