smeraldino

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Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin smaragdīnus. By surface analysis, smeraldo (emerald) +‎ -ino (-ine, derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zme.ralˈdi.no/
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Hyphenation: sme‧ral‧dì‧no

Adjective

smeraldino (feminine smeraldina, masculine plural smeraldini, feminine plural smeraldine)

  1. (archaic) made out of emerald
    • 1946, Louis Charbonneau-Lassay, Il giardino del Cristo ferito, Arkeios, page 190:
      [] , fu mostrato il ricco vaso smeraldino, []
      , he was shown the rich emerald vase,
  2. (dated) emerald green; emerald-like in colour/color
    • 1903, Giovanni Pascoli, “Il miracolo”, in Myricae, Raffaello Giusti, page 86:
      Vedeste l'erba lucido tappeto, ¶ e su le pietre il musco smeraldino; [...]
      You saw the grass as shiny carpet, ¶ and on the stones the emerald-green musk;