smeraldino

smeraldino

Italian

FWOTD – 20 November 2015

Etymology

Inherited from Latin smaragdīnus. By surface analysis, smeraldo (“emerald”) +‎ -ino (“-ine”, derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zme.ralˈdi.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: sme‧ral‧dì‧no

Adjective

smeraldino (feminine smeraldina, masculine plural smeraldini, feminine plural smeraldine)

1. (archaic) made out of emerald
   • 1946, Louis Charbonneau-Lassay, Il giardino del Cristo ferito, Arkeios, page 190:

     […] , fu mostrato il ricco vaso smeraldino, […]

     […] , he was shown the rich emerald vase, […]

2. (dated) emerald green; emerald-like in colour/color
   • 1903, Giovanni Pascoli, Myricae, Raffaello Giusti (1903), page 86, “Il miracolo”:

     Vedeste l'erba lucido tappeto, ¶ e su le pietre il musco smeraldino; [...]

     You saw the grass as shiny carpet, ¶ and on the stones the emerald-green musk; [...]