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amethysts

/ˈæm.ə.θɪsts/

amethysts is the plural of amethyst.

Meaning of amethyst

Noun

amethyst (plural amethysts)

  1. A transparent purple to violet variety of quartz with traces of manganese, used as a gemstone.
    • The burning evening sun lighted with mellow gold the coats of the fierce little tiger-kittens — orange silk with stripes of black velvet — the broken amethysts and ruined emeralds of the poor bird's train cruelly scattered over the trampled grass1894, Sir Edwin Arnold, Wandering Words, page 260
  2. (uncountable) A purple colour.
  3. The tincture purpure, when blazoning by precious stones.
    • The Field is Topaz, a Lion rampant Amethyst [...]1726, John Guillim, The Banner Display'd, page 407

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Questions about amethysts

What is amethysts the plural of?
Amethysts is the plural of amethyst.
How do you pronounce amethysts?
Amethysts is pronounced /ˈæm.ə.θɪsts/.

Words near amethysts in the dictionary

  1. amethyst gold
  2. amethyst starling
  3. amethyst starlings
  4. amethystine
  5. amethystlike
  6. amethysts
  7. ametoctradin
  8. ametria
  9. ametrine
  10. ametrines
  11. ametropia

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