amethystine

English

Etymology

From amethyst +‎ -ine.

Adjective

amethystine (comparative more amethystine, superlative most amethystine)

1. Like amethyst, especially in colour; violet-purple.
   • 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 80:

     His cubic forms phosphoric Fluor prints, / Or rays in spheres his amethystine tints.

   • 1881, James Albert Harrison, Spain, page 499:

     Certainly […] no spot more dazzlingly becircled with blue seas, amethystine ​peaks, and islets magically scattered on pellucid water, could have been chosen for the greatest naval battle of modern times.

Translations

like an amethyst

• Portuguese: ametístico

Latin

Adjective

amethystine

1. vocative masculine singular of amethystinus