sap·phire  (s ăf īr ′)
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n. 1. A clear hard variety of corundum used as a gemstone that is usually blue but may be any color except red. 2. A corundum gem. 3. The blue color of a gem sapphire. adj. 1. Made of or resembling a gem sapphire. 2. Having the color of a blue sapphire. 3. Of or relating to a 65th anniversary.
[Middle English saphir, from Old French safir, from Latin sapphīrus, from Greek sappheiros, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew sappîr, a precious stone.] |
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