Word of the Day 11/07/23 Smaragdine

Nov 07, 2023 15:19

November 07, 2023

Smaragdine (adjective, noun)
smaragdine [ smuh-rag-din ]

adjective
1. of or relating to emeralds.
2. emerald-green in color.

noun
3. Rare. smaragd.

ORIGIN: First recorded in 1350-1400; Middle English smaragd, from Latin smaragdīnus, from Greek smarágdinos, equivalent to smáragd(os) emerald + -inos -ine1; probably a borrowing from Sanskrit marakata or Prakrit (any of the languages descended from Sanskrit) maragada-, and related to Akkadian barraqtu and Hebrew bāreqeth “gemstone, emerald”

HOW TO USE SMARAGDINE IN A SENTENCE
It was Alischar, and smaragdine had nigh swooned away with the joy of beholding him.
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smaragdine forthwith put the house in the nicest order, and set about dressing a little supper with the most exquisite skill.
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She happened to enter at a moment when the female slaves of the house were misusing poor smaragdine.
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With this he placed himself below smaragdine's window, received her on his shoulders, and darted off with her like lightning.
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smaragdine, after a little while, began to dry her tears, and by degrees affected to be quite comforted.
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