Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or resembling sapphire.
- noun A rare light blue or green aluminum-magnesium silicate mineral.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Made of sapphire.
- Having the qualities of sapphire, especially the color. Compare
sapphire , a. - noun A blue variety of spinel.
- noun A pale-blue or greenish mineral occurring in disseminated grains with mica and anthophyllite in Greenland: it is a highly basic silicate of aluminium and magnesium.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Resembling sapphire; made of sapphire; having the color, or any quality of sapphire.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A
rare silicate ofmagnesium andaluminium (withiron as a majorimpurity ), named for itssapphirelike colour. - adjective Of, pertaining to, or resembling
sapphire
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a rare light blue or green mineral; consists of aluminum and magnesium silicate and occurs as small grains in some metamorphic rocks
- adjective made of or resembling sapphire
Etymologies
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Examples
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Straight of spine and sapphirine of eye, Barr appeared poised, intelligent, and master of a certain smile.
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He flashes out emeralds and rubies, amethystine flames and sapphirine colours, in
Two on a Tower 2006
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His sapphirine-blue eyes, the cleft, or dimple, in his strong chin, his thick sable hair, and muscular but symmetrical frame are additional attractions to me and, I regret to say, to innumerable other females.
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There were moments amid the deepening darkness when it seemed virtually impossible to reach the summit; the stars now lighted a glowing sapphirine sky, but that only made the venerable town in all its majesty seem ever more unattainable.
Vittorio, The Vampire Rice, Anne, 1941- 1999
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He dared a glance at the Power's face, and was caught again, a moth in sapphirine flame.
Magic's Promise Lackey, Mercedes 1990
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He dared a glance at the Power's face, and was caught again, a moth in sapphirine flame.
Magic's Promise Lackey, Mercedes 1990
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Dirk looked into Rolan's glowing eyes-and they were glowing, a sapphirine light brighter than the starshine.
Arrow's Fall Lackey, Mercedes 1988
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: Tantris pranced and arched his neck, and one of his sapphirine eyes flashed a teasing look up at his Chosen.
Arrow's Fall Lackey, Mercedes 1988
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Dirk looked into Rolan's glowing eyes-and they were glowing, a sapphirine light brighter than the starshine.
Arrow's Fall Lackey, Mercedes 1988
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: Tantris pranced and arched his neck, and one of his sapphirine eyes flashed a teasing look up at his Chosen.
Arrow's Fall Lackey, Mercedes 1988
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