hyacinthine

[ hahy-uh-sin-thin, -thahyn ]

/ ˌhaɪ əˈsɪn θɪn, -θaɪn /

of or like the hyacinth.

adorned with hyacinths.

Origin of hyacinthine

1650–60; < Latin hyacinthinus < Greek hyakínthinos. See hyacinth, -ine¹

hy antigen, hy., hyacinth, hyacinth bean, hyacinthin, hyacinthine, hyacinthus, hyades, hyaena, hyal-, hyalin

Dark eyes are dearer far Than those that make the hyacinthine bell.

A Critic in Pall Mall |Oscar Wilde
He delighted in ‘hyacinthine curls’ and ‘lustrous locks,’ in ‘smiling parterres’ and ‘stately terraces.’

Views and Reviews |William Ernest Henley
Beneath its hyacinthine curls it beamed on him with a fixed benevolent smile.

The Mayor of Troy |Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
As for the hyacinthine purple cloak, I wear it because I like it.

Cleopatra, Complete |Georg Ebers

There was no suggestion of a body, only that majestic head crowned with hyacinthine locks and limned in lambent fire.

The Doomsman |Van Tassel Sutphen