Amethyst

GRE

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• n.紫水晶

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English amatiste, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin amethystus, from Greek amethystos, literally, remedy against drunkenness, from a- + methyein to be drunk, from methy wine — more at mead
• Date: 13th century
• 1.
  • a. a clear purple or bluish-violet variety of crystallized quartz that is often used as a jeweler's stone
  • b. a deep purple variety of corundum
• 2. a moderate purple
• • amethystine adjective

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