amethyst
Meaning of amethyst
noun
- a precious stone consisting of a violet or purple variety of quartz.
a delicate necklace of amethysts and pearls
amethyst earrings
Middle English: via Old French from Latin amethystus, from Greek amethustos ‘not drunken’ (because the stone was believed to prevent intoxication).
Information about amethyst
- It is a name.
- The plural form of amethyst is: amethysts.
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Hyphenation of amethyst
amethyst
- It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
- amethyst is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
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