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Word entry · 7 letters

citrine

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"Yellow quartz"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɪtɹin/Part of speech nounSorted ceiinrtStarts with CEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A yellow quartz gemstone.

Word origin

From Middle English citrine, partly from Middle French citrine and partly from Latin citrīnus.

Used in a sentence

  • dorrẹ̅, dōrī adj. & n. […] Golden or reddish-yellow […] (a. 1398) *Trev. Barth. 59b/a: ʒelouʒ colour [of urine] […] tokeneþ febleness of hete […] dorrey & citrine & liʒt red tokeneþ mene.
  • […] the urine becometh citrine, or of a deep yellowe color […]
  • The coin […] bore what I at first thought was a woman's face—a woman crowned, neither young nor old, but silent and perfect in the citrine metal.

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