crystalline
crys·tal·line
adjective
1.
2.
3.
transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
- “the cold crystalline water of melted snow”
- “crystal clear skies”
- “could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool”
- “lucid air”
- “a pellucid brook”
- “transparent cristal”
Origin
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.
Phrases
- crystalline arthritis
- crystalline humor
- crystalline humour
- crystalline lens
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