balais[obs3]; oriental, oriental topaz; turquois[obs3], turquoise; zircon, cubic zirconia; jacinth, hyacinth, carbuncle, amethyst; alexandrite[obs3], cat’s eye, bloodstone, hematite, jasper, moonstone, sunstone[obs3].
     [jewelry materials derived from living organisms] pearl, cultured
pearl, fresh-water pearl; mother of pearl; coral.
     [person who sells jewels] jeweler.
     [person who studies gemstones] gemologist; minerologist.
     [person who cuts gemstones] lapidary, lapidarian.
     [study of gemstones] gemology, gemmology; minerology. 
     V. shine like a diamond. 
     Adj. bejeweled; diamond &c. n[gemstones]..
     gemological.

     #848.  Blemish. —­ N. blemish, disfigurement, deformity;
adactylism[obs3]; flaw, defect &c. (imperfection) 651; injury &c. (deterioration) 659; spots on the sun|!; eyesore.
     stain, blot; spot, spottiness; speck, speckle, blur.
     tarnish, smudge; dirt &c. 653.
     [blemish on a person’s skin:  list] freckle, mole, macula[Anat], patch,
blotch, birthmark; blobber lip[obs3], blubber lip; blain[obs3], maculation, ; scar, wem|; pustule; whelk; excrescence, pimple &c. (protuberance) 250. 
     V. disfigure &c. (injure) 659; speckle. 
     Adj. pitted, freckled, discolored; imperfect &c. 651; blobber-lipped,
bloodshot; injured &c. (deteriorated) 659.

     #849.  Simplicity. —­ N. simplicity; plainness, homeliness; undress,
chastity. 
     V. be simple &c. adj.
     render simple &c. adj.; simplify, uncomplicate. 
     Adj. simple, plain; homely, homespun; ordinary, household.
     unaffected; ingenuous, sincere (artless) 703; free from affectation,
free from ornament; simplex munditiis [Lat][Horace]; sans facon[Fr], en deshabille[Fr].
     chaste, inornate[obs3], severe.
     unadorned, bare, unornamented, undecked[obs3], ungarnished,
unarranged[obs3], untrimmed, unvarnished.
     bald, flat, dull. 
     Phr. veritatis simplex oratio est[Lat].

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     #850. [Good taste.] Taste. —­ N. taste; good taste, refined taste,
cultivated taste; delicacy, refinement, fine feeling, gust, gusto, tact, finesse; nicety &c. (discrimination) 465; gr/to prepon/gr[Grk]; polish, elegance, grace.
     judgment, discernment &c. 465.
     dilettantism, dilettanteism; virtu; fine art; culture, cultivation.
     [Science of taste] aesthetics.
     man of taste &c.; connoisseur, judge, critic, conoscente, virtuoso,
amateur, dilettante, Aristarchus[obs3], Corinthian, arbiter elegantiarum[Lat], stagirite[obs3], euphemist.
     “caviare to the general” [Hamlet]. 
     V. appreciate, judge, criticise, discriminate &c. 465
     Adj. in good taste, cute, tasteful, tasty; unaffected, pure, chaste,
classical, attic; cultivated, refined; dainty; esthetic, aesthetic, artistic; elegant &c 578; euphemistic.
     to one’s taste, to one’s mind; after one’s fancy; comme il faut[Fr];
tire a quatre epingles[Fr]. 
     Adv. elegantly &c. adj. 
     Phr. nihil tetigit quod non ornavit [Lat][from Johnson’s epitaph on
Goldsmith]; chacun a son gout[Fr]; oculi pictura tenentur aures cantibus [Lat][Cicero].