chrystalline
chrystalline is the obsolete spelling of crystalline.
Meaning of crystalline
Adjective
crystalline (comparative more crystalline, superlative most crystalline)
- Of, relating to, or composed of crystals.
- Synonyms:
- crystal
- Antonyms:
- noncrystalline, amorphous
- Having a regular three-dimensional molecular structure.
- Resembling crystal in being clear and transparent
- There the roſy-finger'd Spring, by the liquid mirror of a cryſtalline pool, was attiring her fair daughters in ſeven-fold ornaments, while the love-whiſpering breezes ſtole kiſſes as they paſſed, and fanned their glowing beauties.1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iii
- Synonyms:
- crystal
- Pure.
- not in his favoured midfield role, either but as a false No 9: the sort of role Guardiola only hands to his chosen, crystalline few: Mario Götze at Bayern Munich (less successfully), Lionel Messi at Barcelona (a little more so).2020 August 7, Jonathan Liew, “Phil Foden stars to offer Manchester City glimpse of multiple futures”, in The Guardian
Forms of chrystalline
| comparative | more chrystalline |
|---|---|
| superlative | most chrystalline |
Questions about chrystalline
- What is chrystalline the obsolete spelling of?
- Chrystalline is the obsolete spelling of crystalline.
Words near chrystalline in the dictionary
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