— amethystine /am'euh this"tin, -tuyn/ , adj. — amethystlike , adj.
/am"euh thist/ , n.
1. a purple or violet quartz, used as a gem.
2. a purplish tint.
adj.
3. having the color of amethyst.
4. containing or set with an amethyst or amethysts: an amethyst brooch.
[ 1250-1300; amethystus améthystos not intoxicating, not intoxicated (so called from a belief that it prevented drunkenness), equiv. to a- A- 6 + methys- (var. s. of methýein to intoxicate; see METHYLENE) + -tos verbal adj. suffix; r. ME ametist ametiste ]