bovial
bovial adjective: of or pertaining to cattle.
Adjective
bovial (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to cattle.
- Hither, my Juno! with your eyes so bovial,
Give me a song—old Jove was ever joveial.1826 May, P. T., “The Deluge—A Ridiculous Drama”, in The Literary Lounger, page 231 - It was only a pile of skin and bones after all. An animal, or rather a bovial collapse.1849, reprinted 1999, Israel Shipman Pelton Lord, edited by Necia Dixon Liles, A Doctor's Gold Rush Journey to California, University of Nebraska Press, page 122
- Hither, my Juno! with your eyes so bovial,
Examples of bovial in a sentence
- Arthur nodded, and his face grew still more red, as the oxygenizing current of roast-bovial recollections streamed through the flame of animation now feebly flickering in his brain.1870 March, Jean Pry, “Jonathan Ferret and the Prince”, in Leisure Times, volume III, number VI, page 211:
- Parathyroid Hormone: A chemically stable aqueous solution containing the active ingredients of the bovial parathyroid glands.1945, Leo Richard Cipes, Prescription Writing and Materia Medica for Dentists, Dental items of interest Publishing Company, page 44:
Origin of bovial
From Latin bovīnus, from bōs (“ox”). Cognate to beef.
Questions about bovial
- What does bovial mean?
- Bovial means of or pertaining to cattle.
- How do you use bovial in a sentence?
- Arthur nodded, and his face grew still more red, as the oxygenizing current of roast-bovial recollections streamed through the flame of animation now feebly flickering in his brain.
- What part of speech is bovial?
- Bovial is an adjective.
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