The Wonderful World Of Words, 2/27/17
Today's word has been rumored to cure ills and protect against the wicked. Cleopatra desired it and soothsayers employed it to forsee the future.
The Emerald Unguentarium, Vienna, Austria
DEFINITION:
Noun -
Smaragd, emerald
Adjective -
Smaragdine, of emerald color
ETYMOLOGY/ORIGIN:
Approximately 1225-75
Middle English, (smaragde, "emerald")
Latin (smaragdinus, "emerald-green")
Greek (smaragdinos, "emerald")
PRONUNCIATION:
[smar-agd]
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SCRABBLE SCORE:
11
USAGE/EXAMPLES:
"Closer, she saw the green of her hair was not the SMARAGD of the open fields, but the deep green black of the jungle, a color that seemed to change constantly as if it were a living thing..."
--Smaragd
John Stephens, 2011
(Translated by Google)
"Bareket [emerald or SMARAGD]. This carbuncle, which flashes like lightning [barak] and gleams like a flame..."
--Jewish Magic and Superstition
by Joshua Trachtenberg, 2012
Shah-e-Cheragh Shrine, Shiraz, Iran
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It is the common Dutch word for "emerald".