prasine
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English [Term?], from a combination of Middle French prame (inherited from Late Latin prasinus) and Middle French prasine (borrowed from Late Latin prasinum), both ultimately from Latin prasinus (“leek-green”), from Ancient Greek πράσινος (prásinos), from πράσον (práson, “leek”).
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Noun[edit]
prasine (plural prasines)
- (obsolete) A green gem; an emerald. [14th–16th c.]
- (obsolete) A type of green pigment. [14th–17th c.]
- (mineralogy) Pseudomalachite. [from 19th c.]
- 1864 November 5, William Crookes, editor, The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science: […] , volume 10, number 257, London: J. H. Dutton, […] , →OCLC, Revision of the Mineral Phosphates, page 217, column 1:
- It is possible that just as chrysocolla is silicated malachite, so prasine is phosphated malachite; the physical appearance of these minerals strongly confirms this view.
Adjective[edit]
prasine (comparative more prasine, superlative most prasine)
- (now rare) Synonym of leek-green. [from 14th c.]
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 5, in Ada, or, Ardor: A Family Chronicle, Harmondsworth, London: Penguin Books, published 1970, →ISBN, part 2, page 287:
- He recalled, in passing, the sweetness in his lap, her round little bottom, her prasine eyes as she turned toward him and the receding road.
- prasine:
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Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
prasine
Noun[edit]
prasine
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