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Onyx
A banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartzA banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz.
/ˈɒnɪks/
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Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz.
Onyx
о́никсóniks
о́ніксóniks
(countable, uncountable)A jet-black color, named after the gemstone.
Near-synonyms: ebony, raven
(countable, uncountable)Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Horaga.
More definitions
- a chalcedony with alternating black and white bands; used in making cameos
Examples
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Translations
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Origin
From Middle English onix (c. 1300), earlier oniche (c. 1250), from Old French oniche or onFrom Middle English onix (c. 1300), earlier oniche (c. 1250), from Old French oniche or onix, from Latin onyx, from Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux, “onyx”). Doublet of unguis.
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Forms
plural: onyxesSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsDerivedonyx marble
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable