1. A violet-blue variety of crystalline quartz, supposed by the ancients to prevent inebriation when worn about the person; a purple colour.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• amathist,
• amythist,
• aethist,
• amethist,
• amythyst,
• ameythyst,
• amathest,
• amethus,
• amerhist,
• ametist,
• amyethist,
• ameythist,
• amethyist,
• amethest,
• ameythest,
• amathyst,
• amythest,
• amyethest,
• ameythst,
• amithyst

• amethystine.

The adjective form of the word "amethyst" is "amethystine".

The plural of the "amethyst" can be the "amethysts".

The singular of the "amethyst" can be the "amethyst".