Smaragdine (adj)
smar-ag-deen
Emerald green in colour.
Smaragdine, “emerald-green in color,” comes via Latin smaragdus from Ancient Greek smáragdos, “emerald,” which may derive either by way of Sanskrit or directly from a Semitic source akin to Hebrew bāreqeth “gemstone, emerald.
Example sentences
“The sun shone on the smaragdine waters.”
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