Noun: onyx
| Singular | onyx |
| Plural | onyxes |
Sample Sentences
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People talk about using marble in the bathrooms. Marble wasn't good enough for use—we have onyx! [2023 September 23, Tom Robbins, “Suite dreams”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:]
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Near-synonyms: ebony, raven
Nouns inflected like onyx
penniless-bench,
wintergrass,
kitchen pass,
grey fox,
grey box,
trailer hitch,
paleness,
loaded march,
Tush Push,
horribleness,
slaughteress,
chapparvovirus,
greenwax,
royal flush,
crab cactus,
geostress,
syngas,
wintercress,
ichthys,
ichthus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From 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. See: Latin Nouns '
onyx', Ancient Greek Nouns '
ὄνυξ'.
Verbs referencing "onyx"
Finnish Nouns
onyksi.