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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024am•e•thyst /ˈæməθɪst/USA pronunciation n. - Mineralogy, Jewelry[countable] a purple or violet quartz, used as a gem.
- [uncountable] a purplish tint.
adj. - having the color of amethyst.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024am•e•thyst (am′ə thist),USA pronunciation n. - Mineralogy, Jewelrya purple or violet quartz, used as a gem.
- a purplish tint.
adj. - having the color of amethyst.
- Jewelrycontaining or set with an amethyst or amethysts:an amethyst brooch.
- Latin
- Anglo-French ametiste
- Greek améthystos not intoxicating, not intoxicated (so called from a belief that it prevented drunkenness), equivalent. to a- a-6 + methys- (variant stem of methýein to intoxicate; see methylene) + -tos verbal adjective, adjectival suffix; replacing Middle English ametist
- Latin amethystus
- 1250–1300;
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: amethyst /ˈæmɪθɪst/ n - a purple or violet transparent variety of quartz used as a gemstone. Formula: SiO2
- a purple variety of sapphire; oriental amethyst
- the purple colour of amethyst
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French amatiste, from Latin amethystus, from Greek amethustos, literally: not drunken, from a-1 + methuein to make drunk; referring to the belief that the stone could prevent intoxicationamethystine /ˌæmɪˈθɪstaɪn/ adj |