smaragd

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/ˈsmæɹæɡd//sməˈɹæɡd/

noun

An emerald.

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emerald
OriginLatin smaragdus ← Ancient Greek σμάραγδος →
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Meanings

nounsmaragd (plural smaragds)

plural smaragds

  1. obsoleteAn emerald.

    These following bodies do not draw: smaragd, achates, corneolus, pearl, jaspis, chalcedonius, alabaster, porphyry, coral, marble, touchstone, haematites, or bloodstone […]

    1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC
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    Nor far they steppèd when on culm'inant height / where stretcht a gem-enamel'd mead they stood; / Smaragd and Ruby-strewn, so rich the sight / presumed 'twas Paradisial floor they trod.

    1880, Richard Francis Burton, Os Lusíadas, volume II, page 389

    Synonyms: emerald

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn emerald.

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emerald
Also see
emerald

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekσμάραγδος
  2. Latinsmaragdus
  3. Englishsmaragd

From Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos), from a Semitic language.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with smaragd

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APA

smaragd. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smaragd

MLA

“smaragd.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smaragd. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “smaragd,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smaragd.

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