Monday Word: Smaragadine
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1word1daysmaragdine [sməˈragdə̇n]
adjective
of or relating to emerald
examples
1. On a transverse axis, vision reached from glittering blue across the Sea of Marmora to a mast-crowded Golden Horn and the rich suburbs and smaragdine heights beyond. Two in Time. Paul Anderson, 1970
2. It hath reached me, O auspicious King, the director, the right-guiding, lord of the rede which is benefiting and of deeds fair-seeming and worthy celebrating, that Mohammed Son of the Sultan craved leave to return to his own motherland, when his father-in-law gave him an hundred clusters of the diamantine and smaragdine grapes, after which he farewelled the King and taking his bride fared without the city.
Arabian nights. English. Anonymous. 1855
origin
Latin smaragdinus, from smaragdus emerald + -inus -ine
adjective
of or relating to emerald
examples
1. On a transverse axis, vision reached from glittering blue across the Sea of Marmora to a mast-crowded Golden Horn and the rich suburbs and smaragdine heights beyond. Two in Time. Paul Anderson, 1970
2. It hath reached me, O auspicious King, the director, the right-guiding, lord of the rede which is benefiting and of deeds fair-seeming and worthy celebrating, that Mohammed Son of the Sultan craved leave to return to his own motherland, when his father-in-law gave him an hundred clusters of the diamantine and smaragdine grapes, after which he farewelled the King and taking his bride fared without the city.
Arabian nights. English. Anonymous. 1855
origin
Latin smaragdinus, from smaragdus emerald + -inus -ine
What a great word!
Date: 2026-03-03 12:41 am (UTC)Thank you so much.
Did you encounter this while reading, or do you browse the dictionary for likely candidates?
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Date: 2026-03-03 03:29 am (UTC)