hyacinthine
Collocations
5ADJ.
absolute, bound, round
VERB + HYACINTHINE
rule, textured
HYACINTHINE + NOUN
hair, p
PREP.
about, from
ADV.
only, richly
Definitions
adj
Of the colour of a hyacinth (either the gem or the flower); reddish-gold (chiefly with reference to hair).
His fair large front and eye sublime declared / Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks / Round from his parted forelock manly hung / Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad:
[…] the nicest young man that ever was, — daintily gloved, patently booted, oilily curled, snowily wristbanded, with a lovely cambric (prima facie) handkerchief bound about his hyacinthine locks and polished hat.
Curling like the petals of the hyacinth.
Beautiful, like the mythological Hyacinthus.
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3His fair large front and eye sublime declared / Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks / Round from his parted forelock manly hung / Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad:
Wiktionary[…] the nicest young man that ever was, — daintily gloved, patently booted, oilily curled, snowily wristbanded, with a lovely cambric (prima facie) handkerchief bound about his hyacinthine locks and p
WiktionaryThe beautiful boy has flowing or richly textured hyacinthine hair, the only luxuriance in this chastity.
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