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antrin

UK/ˈan.tɹɪn/

antrin adjective: strange, rare, unusual.

Adjective

antrin (comparative more antrin, superlative most antrin)

  1. (Scotland) Strange, rare, unusual.
    • But there was more to it than that, some never knew it, but real enough, an antrin magic that bound you in one with the mind, not only the body of a man, with his dreams and desires, his loves, even hates […]1934, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Grey Granite (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 554

Forms of antrin

comparativemore antrin
superlativemost antrin

Origin of antrin

From Scots antrin, present participle of anter (“to adventure, venture”).

Questions about antrin

What does antrin mean?
Antrin means strange, rare, unusual.
What part of speech is antrin?
Antrin is an adjective.
How do you pronounce antrin?
Antrin is pronounced /ˈan.tɹɪn/ (UK).

Words near antrin in the dictionary

  1. antres
  2. Antriasian
  3. Antriasians
  4. Antrim
  5. Antrim County
  6. antrin
  7. antro-
  8. antroba
  9. antrobuccal
  10. Antrobus
  11. Antrobuses

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