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English
Etymology
From Middle English , 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
prasine (plural prasines)
- (obsolete) A green gem; an emerald.
- (obsolete) A type of green pigment.
- (mineralogy) Pseudomalachite.
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
prasine (comparative more prasine, superlative most prasine)
- (now rare) Synonym of leek-green.
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.
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Latin
Adjective
prasine
- vocative masculine singular of prasinus
Noun
prasine
- vocative masculine singular of prasinus