Sentence:  ... the nicest young man that ever was, — daintily gloved, patently booted, oilily curled, snowily wristbanded, with a lovely cambric ("prima facie") handkerchief bound about his <WSD>hyacinthine</WSD> locks and polished hat. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Of the colour of a hyacinth (either the gem or the flower); reddish-gold (chiefly with reference to hair).