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ivorine

UK/ˈʌɪvəɹiːn/

ivorine adjective: made of ivory.

Adjective

ivorine (comparative more ivorine, superlative most ivorine)

  1. (obsolete) Made of ivory.
  2. (literary) Resembling ivory; white, smooth.
    • All Van saw there of his new Ada were her ivorine thighs and haunches, and the very first time he clasped them she bade him, in the midst of his vigorous joy, to glance across her shoulder over the window ledge [...].1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 162

Noun

ivorine (countable and uncountable, plural ivorines)

  1. A type of man-made imitation ivory.

Forms of ivorine

Adjective
comparativemore ivorine
superlativemost ivorine
Noun
pluralivorines

Origin of ivorine

From Old French ivorin, ivoirin, from ivoire (“ivory”); later also from ivory + -ine.

Questions about ivorine

What does ivorine mean?
Ivorine means made of ivory.
What part of speech is ivorine?
Ivorine can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce ivorine?
Ivorine is pronounced /ˈʌɪvəɹiːn/ (UK).

Words near ivorine in the dictionary

  1. Ivorianness
  2. Ivorians
  3. ivoride
  4. ivoried
  5. ivories
  6. ivorine
  7. ivorines
  8. ivoriness
  9. ivorist
  10. ivorists
  11. ivoroid

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