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hyacinthine
Of the color of a hyacinth (either the gem or the flower); reddish-gold (chiefly with reference to hair).
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His fair large front and eye sublime declared / Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks / Round from his parted forelock manly hung / Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad:
The beautiful boy has flowing or richly textured hyacinthine hair, the only luxuriance in this chastity.
Curling like the petals of the hyacinth.
Beautiful, like the mythological Hyacinthus.