smaragdine

[ smuh-rag-din ]

adjective

1. of or relating to emeralds.
2. emerald-green in color.

noun

1. Rare. smaragd.

Word History and Origins

Origin of smaragdine¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English smaragd, from Latin smaragdīnus, from Greek smarágdinos, equivalent to smáragd(os) emerald + -inos -ine ¹; probably a borrowing from Sanskrit marakata or Prakrit (any of the languages descended from Sanskrit) maragada-, and related to Akkadian barraqtu and Hebrew bāreqeth “gemstone, emerald”

Example Sentences

Smaragdine, sma-rag′din, adj. of an emerald green.—n.

From Project Gutenberg

The language of the Smaragdine tablet is notoriously the most obscure that the hermetic literature has produced; in it there are no clear recommendations to belief or righteousness; and yet I think that an unprejudiced reader, who was not looking specially for a chemical prescription, would perceive at least a feeling for something of philosophy or theology.

From Project Gutenberg

It is the cycle of which we read in the Smaragdine Tablet.

From Project Gutenberg

The covetous crowd of sloppers, however, adhered to the gold of the Smaragdine tablet and other writings and had no appreciation of anything else.

From Project Gutenberg

The mere word gold was enough to make countless souls blind to everything besides the gold recipe that might be found in the Smaragdine tablet.

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