Crystalline
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crystalline¹
- /ˈkɹɪs.tə.lɪn/
- /ˈkɹɪs.təˌlaɪn/
- /ˈkɹɪs.təˌliːn/
Where it comes from
From Middle English cristallyn, cristallyne, from Old French cristallin and its etymon Latin crystallinus, from Ancient Greek κρυστάλλινος (krustállinos), from κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “crystal”) + -ῐνος (-ĭnos, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, crystal + -ine.
adjective more crystalline · most crystalline · chrystalline
- Of, relating to, or composed of crystals.
- Having a regular three-dimensional molecular structure.
- Resembling crystal in being clear and transparent There the roſy-finger'd Spring, by the liquid mirror of a cryſtalline pool, was attiring her fair daughters in ſeven-fold ornaments, while the love-whiſpering breezes ſtole kiſſes as they paſſed, and fanned their glowing beauties.
- Pure. not in his favoured midfield role, either but as a false No 9: the sort of role Guardiola only hands to his chosen, crystalline few: Mario Götze at Bayern Munich (less successfully), Lionel Messi at Barcelona (a little more so).
noun crystallines · chrystalline
- Any crystalline substance.
- Aniline.
Crystalline²
Where it comes from
From crystalline.
proper noun
- A female given name of rare usage. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Jordan of Evergreen announce the engagement of their daughter, Crystalline Myra, to First Lt. Robert H. Rhodes, United States Army, son of Mr. L. B. Rhodes and the late Mrs. Rhodes of Effingham.
