jacinth noun & adjective. ['dʒasɪnƟ, 'dʒeɪ-] ME.
[Old French iacinte (mod. jacinthe) or medieval Latin iacintus, alt. of Latin hyacinthus HYACINTH.]
A. noun.
1. A kind of precious stone; = HYACINTH 1. ME.
b. The colour of jacinth, blue or occas. reddish orange; Heraldry the colour tenné, reddish orange, in blazoning by precious stones. LME.

2. A dyed fabric of a blue or violet colour. Only in LME.

3. = HYACINTH 2, 3. Now rare. M16.

4. = HYACINTH 4. M19.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of the colour of jacinth. E16.

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