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comparative more hyacinthine, superlative most hyacinthine
Of the colour of a hyacinth (either the gem or the flower); reddish-gold (chiefly with reference to hair). quotations examples
His fair large front and eye sublime declared / Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks / Round from his parted forelock manly hung / Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad:
1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book IV, lines 300-303
[…] the nicest young man that ever was, — daintily gloved, patently booted, oilily curled, snowily wristbanded, with a lovely cambric (prima facie) handkerchief bound about his hyacinthine locks and polished hat.
1871, Gail Hamilton, Gala-days, page 191
The beautiful boy has flowing or richly textured hyacinthine hair, the only luxuriance in this chastity.
1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae
Curling like the petals of the hyacinth. examples
Beautiful, like the mythological Hyacinthus. examples