amethystn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈamᵻθɪst/, U.S.

/ˈæməθəst/

Forms:

α. Middle English ametas, Middle English amytes, Middle English–1500s ametistus, Middle English–1600s ametist, Middle English–1600s ametiste, 1500s ametyst, 1500s amitist, 1500s amyties, 1500s amytis, 1500s–1600s amethiste, 1500s–1600s amethyste, 1500s–1700s amethist, 1500s– amethyst, 1600s amaethist, 1600s ametheist, 1600s amethistus, 1600s amythist; also Scottish pre-1700 ammetist.

β. Middle English amaffised (transmission error), Middle English amatast, Middle English amatite, Middle English amatitus, Middle English amatyste, Middle English emastyce, Middle English–1500s amatiste, Middle English–1600s amatist, Middle English–1600s amatistus, Middle English–1600s amatyst, 1500s amatas, 1500s ematyst, 1500s–1600s amathist, 1500s–1600s amathiste, 1500s–1600s amathyst, 1500s–1600s amatites, 1600s amathyses (plural), 1600s annatist (transmission error), 1600s hematist; also Scottish pre-1700 amateist, pre-1700 amates, pre-1700 amathiste, pre-1700 amatiste, pre-1700 amiatist, pre-1700 ammatist.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French ametiste.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French amatiste, ametiste, Old French ametite, Middle French amathiste, amathyste, amethyste (French améthyste ) precious stone of violet-purple colour (c1100; see also note below) < classical Latin amethystus (also amethystos ; in post-classical Latin also amatista (13th cent. in British sources)) precious stone of violet-purple colour, kind of vine supposed to yield a non-intoxicating wine < Hellenistic Greek ἀμέθυστος (feminine; also ἀμέθυστον , neuter) remedy against drunkenness, kind of plant supposed to be effective against drunkenness, stone of violet-purple colour (apparently so called because it is the same colour as wine which has been diluted so as not to cause drunkenness), use as noun of ἀμέθυστος not drunken, without drunkenness, in Byzantine Greek also not intoxicating < ancient Greek ἀ- a- prefix⁶ + μεθύειν to be drunk ( < μέθυ wine: see mead n.¹) + inserted -σ- + -τος, suffix forming verbal adjectives.Compare Old Occitan almatist (12th cent.), amatis (c1275), (Gascon) almatista (1442), amatista (1502), Catalan ametista (end of the 14th cent. as †amatista ), Spanish amatista , †amatisto (both late 13th cent.; also †ametisto ), Portuguese ametista (14th cent. as †ametistus , †amatista ), Italian ametista (1770; earlier as †ametisto (c1300), †amatista (1383), †amatisto (first half of the 13th cent.)). Compare also Middle Dutch ametistis , ametiste (Dutch amethist ), Middle Low German ammatist , Middle High German ametiste , amatist (German Amethyst ), Old Swedish amatist (Swedish ametist , †amethyst ), most of which were borrowed via French. Specific forms. The β. forms, paralleled in many Romance and other Germanic languages, are probably ultimately due partly to folk-etymological association partly with classical Latin amātus beloved, use as adjective of past participle of amāre to love (see amant n.; compare post-classical Latin Amathystus , variant (attested in inscriptions) of the personal name Amethystus ), and partly to confusion or association with classical Latin haematītes haematite n. and its descendants in various Romance languages. See further Französisches etymol. Wörterbuch XXIV. at amethystus. The English forms with medial -th- show remodelling after classical Latin amethystus, as do French forms with medial -th- . Specific senses. Use as adjective in the sense ‘of the colour of the precious stone, violet-purple’ and as noun in the sense ‘violet-purple colour’ is not found in French until later than in English (1817 as adjective, 1850 as noun). The heraldic use in sense A. 2a is apparently not paralleled in French.

A. n.

a. Quartz of a violet or purple variety, regarded as a precious or semi-precious stone.oriental amethyst: see oriental adj. and n. Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > rock crystal > [noun] > amethyst

amethysta1300

amias1545

the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > tectosilicate > [noun] > quartz > crystalline quartzes > others

amethysta1300

citrine1571

morion1748

rose quartz1793

smoky quartz1837

citron1838

tea-stone1848

smoke quartz1872

Cupid's dart1910

a1300 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 73 Hwat spekstu of eny stone..Of amatiste, of calcydone, of lectorie and tupace?

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. ix. 834 Amatistus is purpre rede in colour, ymedlid wiþ colour of violette.

a1550 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) l. 1817 (MED) The Amatiste followeth the rubye in dignitee.

1596 T. Lodge Margarite of Amer. sig. H^v The amethist staieth drunkennesse.

1727 J. Thomson Summer 19 The Purple-streaming Amethyst is thine.

1821 M. Graham Jrnl. 13 Oct. in Captain's Wife (1993) 34 I took leave of my amiable friends at the palace. Madame do Rego gave me several specimens of amethyst.

1955 R. M. Pearl How to know Minerals & Rocks 151 The most desired kind of quartz is amethyst, its choicest crystals a delectable purple or violet.

2009 WWD (Nexis) 2 Mar. 6 The baubles were..wonderfully eclectic, as in the horn-petal necklace jazzed up with flakes of emerald, amethyst and pyrite root.

b. As a count noun: an individual gem or piece of this stone.

ΚΠ

?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 144 (MED) Grete tables..of cristall or of Amatystez [Fr. dematistes].

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xi. sig. V8^v The bloudy shaftes of Cupids warre, With amatists they headed are.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 621 Such Amethysts as these..; many give them the name of Venus gems.

1748 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. I. 591 The bluer Amethysts being by some [jewellers] call'd Rock Rubies.

1874 H. M. Westropp Man. Precious Stones 41 The finest amethysts are brought from India, Persia, Ceylon, Brazil, and Siberia.

1988 R. Turnbull Fisher's World: Canada 43 Parrsboro..is another point of record high tides. Rock hounds know it as a place where amethysts, agates and other minerals may sometimes be found.

2018 Nat. Rev. 16 Apr. 3/1 (advt.) The polished amethysts are hand-strung on double-knotted jeweler's thread.

a. Heraldry. Purple as a colour or tincture; = purpure n. 2b. Now rare (chiefly historical).Only in the fanciful blazon of arms of the English nobility in which each tincture is represented by the name of a precious stone; cf. ruby n.¹ 5.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic tincture > [noun] > colour > purple

purpurec1440

mercury1562

amethyst1572

1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie 105 He beareth on a wreathe ‘Topaze’ and ‘Saphiere’ an Alcian, volant, of the ‘Amatist’ mixte with ‘Pearle’.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. viii. 81/1 He beareth Amethyst, a file of three points crossed, Pearl.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Amethist, a Term in Heraldry, signifying the Purple Colour in the Coat of a Nobleman.

1973 J. P. Brooke-Little Heraldic Alphabet v. 125 There was once a fashion for using the names of jewels for the tinctures when blazoning the arms of noblemen... Gules, azure, sable, vert and purpure are respectively termed ruby, sapphire, diamond, emerald and amethyst.

b. The colour of an amethyst; violet-purple.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > purple thing > [noun]

amethyst1818

1818 J. Keats Endymion iv. 178 His litter of smooth semilucent mist, Diversely ting'd with rose and amethyst.

c1875 H. W. Longfellow Palingen. i The rolling meadows of amethyst.

1943 K. A. Porter Let. 27 Dec. (1990) iv. 279 The fantastic row of apothecary's powders, pills and potions all of them in the most poisonously brilliant colors, amethyst and sapphire and emerald and London purple.

2007 Collect It! Jan. 24/3 This..incorporates subtle shades of amethyst, amber, rose..and 24ct gold leaf.

3. figurative and in figurative contexts, chiefly with allusion to the purple colour of the stone.

ΚΠ

1633 J. Ford Broken Heart iv. sig. H2^v Haue 'ee seene A straying heart? all crannies, euery drop Of blood is turn'd to an Amethist.

1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον iii. 51 I live not but by your love, which is in eternall characters ingraven upon the Amethist of my heart.

1843 J. A. St. John Sir Cosmo Digby I. xv. 212 The sky was such as it appears only in those latitudes; in the zenith a suffusion of molten amethyst.

1901 Pall Mall Mag. Oct. 159 The vine about her brows has set A crown of living amethyst.

1997 S. Laurens Captain Jack's Woman ix. 72 Her eyes staring up at him, liquid amethyst, were all the answer he needed.

B. adj.

1. Made from, consisting of, or of the nature of amethyst; (of jewellery) set with an amethyst or amethysts.

ΚΠ

1650 R. Heath Clarastella 25 On the taking of an Amethist ring from off Clarastella's finger as she was sleeping.

1763 London Chron. 23 June 601/2 Two highwaymen..robbed Mr. Appleton of his watch and money, and his lady of an amethyst ring.

1811 J. Black tr. A. von Humboldt Polit. Ess. New Spain I. 189 The great number of druses, abounding with amethyst crystals.

1978 Internat. Sale Catal. (Geneva) (Christie's) 25–6 Apr. 22 Six amethyst beads on a ring.

1991 B. Whitehead Dean it was that Died (BNC) 137 Even in the thin winter light her amethyst necklace in its fine golden setting sparkled prettily.

2. Of the colour of an amethyst; violet-purple.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [adjective] > bluish purple

violet1370

blue-violeta1382

blue-purple?a1425

violet-coloured1552

bluish-purple1578

ianthine1609

amethystine1651

amethyst1807

pansy purple1814

violety1831

violescent1847

violetish1871

pansy-coloured1891

1807 E. Butler Jrnl. 12 Dec. in E. M. Bell Hamwood Papers (1930) 343 Emerald valley, amethyst mountains.

1879 E. Clerke in Cornhill Mag. June 724 The savage sculpture of their stony ribs accentuated by amethyst shadow.

1925 Amer. Mercury Dec. 487/2 An obsequious Chinaman exhibited to me a goldfish bowl, surmounted by twin globes, shaded by a abat-jour of amethyst Chinese damask.

1999 Cage & Aviary Birds 14 Aug. 16/1 The oasis hummingbird (Rhodopis vesper) is notable for its deeply forked tail and amethyst throat.

Compounds

C1. General use as a modifier, and with other nouns with the sense ‘that is an amethyst’, as in amethyst colour, amethyst purple, amethyst stone, etc.; also forming adjectives with the sense ‘that has (an) amethyst ——’, by combining with a noun + -ed, as in amethyst-coloured, amethyst-hued, etc.

ΚΠ

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1470 Amaraunz, and amaffised stones.

a1500 in J. Evans & M. S. Serjeantson Eng. Mediaeval Lapidaries (1933) 46 Ye clothyng of ye Amatist colour.

1615 E. Grimeston tr. P. d'Avity Estates 1033 The Dates, Manna, Corrall, and the Amethist stone of Arabia the Stonie.

1656 J. Tradescant Musæum Tradescantianum 123 The Amethist-coloured English Iacynth.

1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. Introd. 11 The amethyst purple had the colour of the stone so called.

1889 Armidale (New S. Wales) Express 26 Nov. 3/5 He..thought of that one golden-haired, amethyst-eyed woman, whose image haunted him.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. i. 14 All the clouds gathered round the three islands, leaving the sky a pure amethyst pink.

1967 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 54 1009/2 The oil globules become bright rose-colored, and a small sphere..stains amethyst blue.

1997 M. Strutin Smithsonian Guides Nat. Amer.: Southeast iv. iv. 170 The woods are filled with luminous white clumps of Atamasco lilies shaded by amethyst-hued redbud trees.

2008 Daily Mail (Nexis) 11 Feb. 22 The seductive amethyst colour of the bottle and the delicate fragrance are a real Valentine treat.

2014 M. Sheraton 1,000 Foods to eat before you Die 257/1 Cabrales [cheese] is shot through with amethyst-coloured veins.

C2.

amethyst agaric n. now rare either of two fungi of the order Agaricales, the amethyst deceiver, Laccaria amethystina, and the wood blewit, Lepista nuda (which has a fruiting body with purplish gills).

ΚΠ

1813 T. Hopkirk Flora Glottiana 155 [Agaricus] amethystinus,..Amethyst Agaric.

1891 M. C. Cooke Brit. Edible Fungi 220 The seasons will then be carried on by the hedgehog mushroom.., the small but abundant ivory caps.., the blewits.., and the amethyst agaric (Agaricus nudus).

1977 R. Rendell Judgement in Stone (1979) xi. 83 Fungus grew under hedges and on fallen trees, the oyster mushroom and the amethyst agaric.

amethyst deceiver n. the common woodland fungus Laccaria amethystina (family Hydnangiaceae), the smallish fruiting body of which has a cap and stalk which are purple when moist; cf. amethyst agaric n.

ΚΠ

1966 F. H. Brightman Oxf. Bk. Flowerless Plants 132/1 Laccaria amethystea (‘Amethyst Deceiver’) closely resembles L. laccata in form and structure.

2019 B. J. Haveland tr. L. L. Woon Way through Woods 129 I even have a recipe using the Amethyst Deceiver.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	amethyst
释义	amethystn.adj. Brit. /ˈamᵻθɪst/, U.S. /ˈæməθəst/ Forms: α. Middle English ametas, Middle English amytes, Middle English–1500s ametistus, Middle English–1600s ametist, Middle English–1600s ametiste, 1500s ametyst, 1500s amitist, 1500s amyties, 1500s amytis, 1500s–1600s amethiste, 1500s–1600s amethyste, 1500s–1700s amethist, 1500s– amethyst, 1600s amaethist, 1600s ametheist, 1600s amethistus, 1600s amythist; also Scottish pre-1700 ammetist. β. Middle English amaffised (transmission error), Middle English amatast, Middle English amatite, Middle English amatitus, Middle English amatyste, Middle English emastyce, Middle English–1500s amatiste, Middle English–1600s amatist, Middle English–1600s amatistus, Middle English–1600s amatyst, 1500s amatas, 1500s ematyst, 1500s–1600s amathist, 1500s–1600s amathiste, 1500s–1600s amathyst, 1500s–1600s amatites, 1600s amathyses (plural), 1600s annatist (transmission error), 1600s hematist; also Scottish pre-1700 amateist, pre-1700 amates, pre-1700 amathiste, pre-1700 amatiste, pre-1700 amiatist, pre-1700 ammatist. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French ametiste. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French amatiste, ametiste, Old French ametite, Middle French amathiste, amathyste, amethyste (French améthyste ) precious stone of violet-purple colour (c1100; see also note below) < classical Latin amethystus (also amethystos ; in post-classical Latin also amatista (13th cent. in British sources)) precious stone of violet-purple colour, kind of vine supposed to yield a non-intoxicating wine < Hellenistic Greek ἀμέθυστος (feminine; also ἀμέθυστον , neuter) remedy against drunkenness, kind of plant supposed to be effective against drunkenness, stone of violet-purple colour (apparently so called because it is the same colour as wine which has been diluted so as not to cause drunkenness), use as noun of ἀμέθυστος not drunken, without drunkenness, in Byzantine Greek also not intoxicating < ancient Greek ἀ- a- prefix⁶ + μεθύειν to be drunk ( < μέθυ wine: see mead n.¹) + inserted -σ- + -τος, suffix forming verbal adjectives.Compare Old Occitan almatist (12th cent.), amatis (c1275), (Gascon) almatista (1442), amatista (1502), Catalan ametista (end of the 14th cent. as †amatista ), Spanish amatista , †amatisto (both late 13th cent.; also †ametisto ), Portuguese ametista (14th cent. as †ametistus , †amatista ), Italian ametista (1770; earlier as †ametisto (c1300), †amatista (1383), †amatisto (first half of the 13th cent.)). Compare also Middle Dutch ametistis , ametiste (Dutch amethist ), Middle Low German ammatist , Middle High German ametiste , amatist (German Amethyst ), Old Swedish amatist (Swedish ametist , †amethyst ), most of which were borrowed via French. Specific forms. The β. forms, paralleled in many Romance and other Germanic languages, are probably ultimately due partly to folk-etymological association partly with classical Latin amātus beloved, use as adjective of past participle of amāre to love (see amant n.; compare post-classical Latin Amathystus , variant (attested in inscriptions) of the personal name Amethystus ), and partly to confusion or association with classical Latin haematītes haematite n. and its descendants in various Romance languages. See further Französisches etymol. Wörterbuch XXIV. at amethystus. The English forms with medial -th- show remodelling after classical Latin amethystus, as do French forms with medial -th- . Specific senses. Use as adjective in the sense ‘of the colour of the precious stone, violet-purple’ and as noun in the sense ‘violet-purple colour’ is not found in French until later than in English (1817 as adjective, 1850 as noun). The heraldic use in sense A. 2a is apparently not paralleled in French. A. n. 1. a. Quartz of a violet or purple variety, regarded as a precious or semi-precious stone.oriental amethyst: see oriental adj. and n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > rock crystal > [noun] > amethyst amethysta1300 amias1545 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > tectosilicate > [noun] > quartz > crystalline quartzes > others amethysta1300 citrine1571 morion1748 rose quartz1793 smoky quartz1837 citron1838 tea-stone1848 smoke quartz1872 Cupid's dart1910 a1300 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 73 Hwat spekstu of eny stone..Of amatiste, of calcydone, of lectorie and tupace? a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. ix. 834 Amatistus is purpre rede in colour, ymedlid wiþ colour of violette. a1550 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) l. 1817 (MED) The Amatiste followeth the rubye in dignitee. 1596 T. Lodge Margarite of Amer. sig. H^v The amethist staieth drunkennesse. 1727 J. Thomson Summer 19 The Purple-streaming Amethyst is thine. 1821 M. Graham Jrnl. 13 Oct. in Captain's Wife (1993) 34 I took leave of my amiable friends at the palace. Madame do Rego gave me several specimens of amethyst. 1955 R. M. Pearl How to know Minerals & Rocks 151 The most desired kind of quartz is amethyst, its choicest crystals a delectable purple or violet. 2009 WWD (Nexis) 2 Mar. 6 The baubles were..wonderfully eclectic, as in the horn-petal necklace jazzed up with flakes of emerald, amethyst and pyrite root. b. As a count noun: an individual gem or piece of this stone. ΚΠ ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 144 (MED) Grete tables..of cristall or of Amatystez [Fr. dematistes]. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xi. sig. V8^v The bloudy shaftes of Cupids warre, With amatists they headed are. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 621 Such Amethysts as these..; many give them the name of Venus gems. 1748 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. I. 591 The bluer Amethysts being by some [jewellers] call'd Rock Rubies. 1874 H. M. Westropp Man. Precious Stones 41 The finest amethysts are brought from India, Persia, Ceylon, Brazil, and Siberia. 1988 R. Turnbull Fisher's World: Canada 43 Parrsboro..is another point of record high tides. Rock hounds know it as a place where amethysts, agates and other minerals may sometimes be found. 2018 Nat. Rev. 16 Apr. 3/1 (advt.) The polished amethysts are hand-strung on double-knotted jeweler's thread. 2. a. Heraldry. Purple as a colour or tincture; = purpure n. 2b. Now rare (chiefly historical).Only in the fanciful blazon of arms of the English nobility in which each tincture is represented by the name of a precious stone; cf. ruby n.¹ 5. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic tincture > [noun] > colour > purple purpurec1440 mercury1562 amethyst1572 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie 105 He beareth on a wreathe ‘Topaze’ and ‘Saphiere’ an Alcian, volant, of the ‘Amatist’ mixte with ‘Pearle’. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. viii. 81/1 He beareth Amethyst, a file of three points crossed, Pearl. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Amethist, a Term in Heraldry, signifying the Purple Colour in the Coat of a Nobleman. 1973 J. P. Brooke-Little Heraldic Alphabet v. 125 There was once a fashion for using the names of jewels for the tinctures when blazoning the arms of noblemen... Gules, azure, sable, vert and purpure are respectively termed ruby, sapphire, diamond, emerald and amethyst. b. The colour of an amethyst; violet-purple. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > purple thing > [noun] amethyst1818 1818 J. Keats Endymion iv. 178 His litter of smooth semilucent mist, Diversely ting'd with rose and amethyst. c1875 H. W. Longfellow Palingen. i The rolling meadows of amethyst. 1943 K. A. Porter Let. 27 Dec. (1990) iv. 279 The fantastic row of apothecary's powders, pills and potions all of them in the most poisonously brilliant colors, amethyst and sapphire and emerald and London purple. 2007 Collect It! Jan. 24/3 This..incorporates subtle shades of amethyst, amber, rose..and 24ct gold leaf. 3. figurative and in figurative contexts, chiefly with allusion to the purple colour of the stone. ΚΠ 1633 J. Ford Broken Heart iv. sig. H2^v Haue 'ee seene A straying heart? all crannies, euery drop Of blood is turn'd to an Amethist. 1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον iii. 51 I live not but by your love, which is in eternall characters ingraven upon the Amethist of my heart. 1843 J. A. St. John Sir Cosmo Digby I. xv. 212 The sky was such as it appears only in those latitudes; in the zenith a suffusion of molten amethyst. 1901 Pall Mall Mag. Oct. 159 The vine about her brows has set A crown of living amethyst. 1997 S. Laurens Captain Jack's Woman ix. 72 Her eyes staring up at him, liquid amethyst, were all the answer he needed. B. adj. 1. Made from, consisting of, or of the nature of amethyst; (of jewellery) set with an amethyst or amethysts. ΚΠ 1650 R. Heath Clarastella 25 On the taking of an Amethist ring from off Clarastella's finger as she was sleeping. 1763 London Chron. 23 June 601/2 Two highwaymen..robbed Mr. Appleton of his watch and money, and his lady of an amethyst ring. 1811 J. Black tr. A. von Humboldt Polit. Ess. New Spain I. 189 The great number of druses, abounding with amethyst crystals. 1978 Internat. Sale Catal. (Geneva) (Christie's) 25–6 Apr. 22 Six amethyst beads on a ring. 1991 B. Whitehead Dean it was that Died (BNC) 137 Even in the thin winter light her amethyst necklace in its fine golden setting sparkled prettily. 2. Of the colour of an amethyst; violet-purple. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [adjective] > bluish purple violet1370 blue-violeta1382 blue-purple?a1425 violet-coloured1552 bluish-purple1578 ianthine1609 amethystine1651 amethyst1807 pansy purple1814 violety1831 violescent1847 violetish1871 pansy-coloured1891 1807 E. Butler Jrnl. 12 Dec. in E. M. Bell Hamwood Papers (1930) 343 Emerald valley, amethyst mountains. 1879 E. Clerke in Cornhill Mag. June 724 The savage sculpture of their stony ribs accentuated by amethyst shadow. 1925 Amer. Mercury Dec. 487/2 An obsequious Chinaman exhibited to me a goldfish bowl, surmounted by twin globes, shaded by a abat-jour of amethyst Chinese damask. 1999 Cage & Aviary Birds 14 Aug. 16/1 The oasis hummingbird (Rhodopis vesper) is notable for its deeply forked tail and amethyst throat. Compounds C1. General use as a modifier, and with other nouns with the sense ‘that is an amethyst’, as in amethyst colour, amethyst purple, amethyst stone, etc.; also forming adjectives with the sense ‘that has (an) amethyst ——’, by combining with a noun + -ed, as in amethyst-coloured, amethyst-hued, etc. ΚΠ c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1470 Amaraunz, and amaffised stones. a1500 in J. Evans & M. S. Serjeantson Eng. Mediaeval Lapidaries (1933) 46 Ye clothyng of ye Amatist colour. 1615 E. Grimeston tr. P. d'Avity Estates 1033 The Dates, Manna, Corrall, and the Amethist stone of Arabia the Stonie. 1656 J. Tradescant Musæum Tradescantianum 123 The Amethist-coloured English Iacynth. 1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. Introd. 11 The amethyst purple had the colour of the stone so called. 1889 Armidale (New S. Wales) Express 26 Nov. 3/5 He..thought of that one golden-haired, amethyst-eyed woman, whose image haunted him. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. i. 14 All the clouds gathered round the three islands, leaving the sky a pure amethyst pink. 1967 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 54 1009/2 The oil globules become bright rose-colored, and a small sphere..stains amethyst blue. 1997 M. Strutin Smithsonian Guides Nat. Amer.: Southeast iv. iv. 170 The woods are filled with luminous white clumps of Atamasco lilies shaded by amethyst-hued redbud trees. 2008 Daily Mail (Nexis) 11 Feb. 22 The seductive amethyst colour of the bottle and the delicate fragrance are a real Valentine treat. 2014 M. Sheraton 1,000 Foods to eat before you Die 257/1 Cabrales [cheese] is shot through with amethyst-coloured veins. C2. amethyst agaric n. now rare either of two fungi of the order Agaricales, the amethyst deceiver, Laccaria amethystina, and the wood blewit, Lepista nuda (which has a fruiting body with purplish gills). ΚΠ 1813 T. Hopkirk Flora Glottiana 155 [Agaricus] amethystinus,..Amethyst Agaric. 1891 M. C. Cooke Brit. Edible Fungi 220 The seasons will then be carried on by the hedgehog mushroom.., the small but abundant ivory caps.., the blewits.., and the amethyst agaric (Agaricus nudus). 1977 R. Rendell Judgement in Stone (1979) xi. 83 Fungus grew under hedges and on fallen trees, the oyster mushroom and the amethyst agaric. amethyst deceiver n. the common woodland fungus Laccaria amethystina (family Hydnangiaceae), the smallish fruiting body of which has a cap and stalk which are purple when moist; cf. amethyst agaric n. ΚΠ 1966 F. H. Brightman Oxf. Bk. Flowerless Plants 132/1 Laccaria amethystea (‘Amethyst Deceiver’) closely resembles L. laccata in form and structure. 2019 B. J. Haveland tr. L. L. Woon Way through Woods 129 I even have a recipe using the Amethyst Deceiver. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.a1300
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