aquamarine

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Latin aqua marīna (“sea water”), adjective form from mare (“sea”).

The glimpse was like stepping from a dark dream into the center of an aquamarine nightmare. — Peter the Brazen: A Mystery Story of Modern China, George F. (George Frank) Worts
Dawson?" she asked, dipping her camel's-hair brush into the wet aquamarine upon the palette, and poising it carefully before putting in the delicate streak of purple which was to brighten the horizon in her pupil's sketch. — Lady Audley's Secret, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
Thence we turned and coasted up the Adriatic, its shores swimming in an atmosphere of amber, rose, and aquamarine; we lay in wide land-locked harbours, we roamed through ancient and noble cities, until at last one morning, as the sun rose royally behind us, we rode into Venice down a path of gold. — The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame

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