Onyx
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Etymology
Before 1300 as onix, in about 1250 as oneche, from Old French oniche or onix, or from Latin onyx, from Greek ὄνυξ (onyx).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɔnɪks/
Noun
Onyx (countable and uncountable; plural Onyxes)- (mineralogy) A banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz.
Translations
a banded variety of chalcedony
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Adjective
Onyx (not comparable)
- jet-black
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version)[1], Genesis, 2:12
- And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version)[1], Genesis, 2:12
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References
- ↑ Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988
el:onyx fa:onyx fr:onyx io:onyx it:onyx ml:onyx my:onyx pl:onyx ru:onyx fi:onyx sv:onyx ta:onyx te:onyx tr:onyx vi:onyx zh:onyx