fire opal en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) Any transparent to translucent opal with a warm body colour of yellow, orange, or red.
[…] the body of each high seat was a single jewel of monstrous size: the left-hand seat a black opal, asparkle with steel-blue fire, the next a fire-opal, as it were a burning coal, the third seat an alexandrite, purple like wine by night but deep sea-green by day.
1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 2:
- (countable, usually) Any transparent to translucent opal with a warm body colour of yellow, orange, or red. ▸ Such opal serving as a gemstone.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fire opals | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Hypernyms
gemstone · material · mineral · opal · material · mineral · opal · gem
Synonyms
girosol · girasol · girasole · girasol · girasole · girosol
Translations (1)
fi tuliopaali (reddish opal)