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eburnine

eburnine adjective: like ivory.

Adjective

eburnine (comparative more eburnine, superlative most eburnine)

  1. (rare) Like ivory.
    • On a square of grey silk lay several objects with a direct relationship to our brimming thoughts – the great hatpin with its ugly blue stone head, and the eburnine ring of my lover which I could not see even now without a pang.1958, Lawrence Durrell, Balthazar

Forms of eburnine

comparativemore eburnine
superlativemost eburnine

Origin of eburnine

From Latin eburnus.

Questions about eburnine

What does eburnine mean?
Eburnine means like ivory.
What part of speech is eburnine?
Eburnine is an adjective.

Words near eburnine in the dictionary

  1. Eburne
  2. eburnean
  3. eburneous
  4. eburnification
  5. eburnifications
  6. eburnine
  7. eburnitis
  8. Eburones
  9. Eburonian
  10. Eburru
  11. EBUS

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