| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| sardonyx |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sar·don·yx |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  sär-d n  ks, särdn-ks |
| NOUN: | An onyx with alternating brown and white bands of sard and other minerals. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English sardonix, probably from Latin sardonyx, from Greek sardonux : sardion, sard; see sard + onux, onyx, nail; see nogh- in Appendix I.
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