Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - amethyst
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Amethyst
amethyst
(amethysts) 1. Amethysts are clear purple stones, sometimes used to make jewellery. The necklace consisted of amethysts set in gold. ...rows of amethyst beads... N-VAR 2. Amethyst is used to describe things that are pale purple in colour. ...as the colours changed from green to amethyst. ...amethyst glass. COLOUR
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noun Etymology: Middle English amatiste, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin ~us, from Greek ~os, literally, remedy against drunkenness, from a- + methyein to be drunk, from methy wine — more at mead Date: 13th century 1. a. a clear purple or bluish-violet variety of crystallized quartz that is often used as a jeweler's stone b. a deep purple variety of corundum 2. a moderate purple • ~ine adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. a precious stone of a violet or purple variety of quartz. Derivatives amethystine adj. Etymology: ME f. OF ametiste f. L amethystus f. Gk amethustos not drunken, the stone being supposed to prevent intoxication ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. мин. аметист Oriental amethyst —- лиловый сапфир 2. цвет аметиста, фиолетовый цвет 3. аметистовый, с аметистом amethyst brooch —- аметистовая брошь 4. цвета аметиста, фиолетовый ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 13c., from O.Fr. ametiste, from L. amethystus, from Gk. amethystos "amethyst," from a- "not" + methyskein "make drunk," from methys "wine," based on the stone's ancient reputation for preventing drunkenness. Spelling restored from M.E. ametist. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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