sapphire• And here is a sapphire, and here a ruby.• Bow-tie pins of enamel and sapphiressparkled behind glass set into black walls.• Ormolu-cased sapphire lenses had replaced both eyes.• I've designed all her costumes in either darksapphire or emerald.• Joanna had looked up at him, open adoration in her glowingsapphire eyes.• Exquisitely matchedsapphires if their eyes were blue.• Her skin was peachcolored, her nose was delicate, and her almond eyes were bright like starsapphires.• It turned out that Joe had been wise to take into prison the sapphires and as much cash as possible.
Originsapphire
(1200-1300)Old Frenchsafir, from Latin, from Greek, from Hebrewsappir, from Sanskritsanipriya“dear to the planet Saturn”