[am-uh-thist] 
| 1. | a purple or violet quartz, used as a gem. |
| 2. | a purplish tint. |
| 3. | having the color of amethyst. |
| 4. | containing or set with an amethyst or amethysts: an amethyst brooch. |
[am-uh-this-tin, -tahyn] , adjective | am·e·thyst (ām'ə-thĭst) n.
[Middle English amatist, from Old French, from Latin amethystus, from Greek amethustos, not drunk or intoxicating, remedy for intoxication, amethyst : a-, not; see a-1 + *methuskein, to intoxicate (from methuein, to be drunk, from methu, wine; see medhu- in Indo-European roots).] am'e·thys'tine (-thĭs'tĭn, -tīn') adj. |