Aquamarine

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˌæ.kwÉ™.məˈɹiːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Origin

From Latin aqua ("water") + marinus ("marine"), adjective form from mare ("sea")

Full definition of aquamarine

Noun

1. The bluish-green colour of the sea.
2. A bluish-green variety of beryl.
• 1956, w, Crime out of Mind Chapter 4, Before we could embark on the details of his mother's health we were joined by a fair, plump woman of indefinite age, who had once been—and at moments still was—very pretty. She wore a simple black silk dress, perhaps in deference to Tilly's death, though the note of mourning was jarred by flamboyant aquamarine ear-rings and too much rouge.

Adjective

1. Of a bluish-green colour.

Derived terms

• Madagascar aquamarine