Ianthine and Incalescent

[brbplayingchess]

Happy Monday! Two words because I missed last week. The second word for today was posted a long while back but it's such a beautiful word, now that there's more traffic in the community I felt it needed a second go!

Ianthine
adjective

Pronunciation:
[i-an-theen]

Definition:
violet-coloured

Etymology:
From the Latin ianthinus meaning violet

Comments

[ninjacatherine]

Please do proceed with the colour theme! :o

[triplemare]

Agreed. Color theme, FTW.

[mindy_mousie]

ooh, they are pretty words!

[meridian_rose]

I'd love to see more colour words :) (is carmine obscure enough?)

[prettygoodword]

I love ianthine so much that I pounce on it like a thing one loves. Love!

And I also have a sneaking fondness for obscure color words, tho' I haven't been posting any here.

---L.