hyacinthine

Meaning

Adjective

• Of the colour of a hyacinth (either the gem or the flower); reddish-gold (chiefly with reference to hair).
• Curling like the petals of the hyacinth.
• Beautiful, like the mythological Hyacinthus.

Origin

• From Latin hyacinthinus, from Ancient Greek ὑακίνθινος, from ὑάκινθος; corresponding to hyacinth + -ine.