amethyst

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Synonyms for amethyst

noun blue and red colors mixed together

More words related to amethyst

purple

noun. blue and red colors mixed together

Word Origin & History

violet quartz, late 13c., ametist, from Old French ametiste (Modern French améthyste) and directly from Medieval Latin amatistus, from Latin amethystus, from Greek amethystos "amethyst," literally "not intoxicating," from a- "not" + methyskein "make drunk," from methys "wine" (see mead (n.1)); based on the stone's ancient reputation for preventing drunkenness, which was perhaps sympathetic magic suggested by its wine-like color. People wore rings made of it before drinking. Spelling restored from Middle English ametist.

Example Sentences for amethyst

He wondered who had been inspired to dress her in that white and amethyst combination.

At her throat, she had a cameo, and on her left hand, an amethyst set in tiny pearls.

She had dropped the amethyst, by some incomprehensible mischance.

On the distant heights the gray deepened gradually to amethyst.

Thorvald with the amethyst of heavy Warlockian foliage at his back.

The purpura, as mentioned in Pliny, was an amethyst or violet color.

And sometimes there is an effect with which only the amethyst can be compared.

It contained an amethyst necklace, an emerald pendant, and a diamond ring.

High above, the sky was filled with clouds of rose and amber and amethyst.

The arc lamps come on with a splutter, and they, too, at first are amethyst.

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Synonyms for amethyst

purple