hyacinthine

American  

[hahy-uh-sin-thin, -thahyn] / ˌhaɪ əˈsɪn θɪn, -θaɪn /

adjective

1. of or like the hyacinth.

2. adorned with hyacinths.

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Etymology

Origin of hyacinthine

1650–60; < Latin hyacinthinus < Greek hyakínthinos. See hyacinth, -ine ¹

Example Sentences

In such an illumination the eyes shone with added luster, flying locks were all hyacinthine, the frocks might have been silks and satins.

From Judith of the Cumberlands by MacGowan, Alice

"Augustus," said my poor mother to me, one day while stroking my hyacinthine tresses—"Augustus, my dear boy, whatever you do, never forget that you are a gentleman."

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 by Various

Thou art like the hyacinthine flower, wont to stand aloft 'midst varied riches of its lordling's garden.

From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

The breezy or stormy sea was purple; the sky was purple; the hyacinthine locks of Narcissus, the rosy lips of Venus were purple.

From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess

Then, Pallas over all his features shed 180 Superior beauty, dignified his form With added amplitude, and pour’d his curls Like hyacinthine flow’rs down from his brows.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William