smaragdine means of or pertaining to emeralds. It carries an Arena rating of 1658, earned across 10 head-to-head judged battles.
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smaragdine is pronounced /sməˈɹæɡdiːn/.
Why “smaragdine” is a great word
SMARAGDINE — [Adjective] Of or having the bright green color of an emerald. From Latin *smaragdinus* ("of emerald"), from Ancient Greek *smáragdinos* ("of emerald"), from *smáragdos* ("emerald"). Unlike "verdant" (which suggests the lush, abundant greenness of living vegetation) or "viridian" (which denotes a specific bluish-green pigment), "smaragdine" is the color of distilled mineral essence. It is the cold fire refracted through a cut stone, the lurid sheen of a serpent’s scale in a medieval bestiary, and the impossible, depthless hue of a tropical lagoon seen from a great height—a green so concentrated it feels less like a shade and more like a solidified idea of preciousness.
Etymology
From Latin smaragdinus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδινος (smáragdinos), from σμάραγδος (smáragdos). See emerald for more.
adj
- Of or pertaining to emeralds.
- Having the colour of emeralds.
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