berylline
English
Etymology
From beryl + -ine.
Adjective
berylline (comparative more berylline, superlative most berylline)
- Beryl-like; having a light blue-green colour.
- 1981, Gene Wolfe, The Claw of the Conciliator, ch. 3:
- He held out his leg so that I could examine the shackle about his ankle. His berylline flesh was swollen about it, as I have seen the bark of a tree swollen that had grown through an iron ring.
- 1981, Gene Wolfe, The Claw of the Conciliator, ch. 3:
Derived terms
- berylline hummingbird
Noun
berylline (countable and uncountable, plural beryllines)
- (countable and uncountable) The berylline color.
- (countable) berylline hummingbird