Associations to the word «Sardonyx»

Wiktionary

SARDONYX, noun. A gemstone having bands of red sard; a variety of onyx or chalcedony.

Dictionary definition

SARDONYX, noun. An onyx characterized by parallel layers of sard and a different colored mineral.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope