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Nicholine

/nɪkəlaɪn/

Nicholine adjective: created by, in the style of, or pertaining to any of several people named Nicholas.

Adjective

Nicholine (comparative more Nicholine, superlative most Nicholine)

  1. Created by, in the style of, or pertaining to any of several people named Nicholas.
    • Three fixed points are the bishop of Norwich's valuation of 1254, the Nicholine taxation of 1291-2, […]1994, Helen M. Jewell, The North--South divide, page 166
    • It seems that around 1470 Pope Paul II ordered the resumption of work on the new Nicholine tribune, […]2000, Antonio Pinelli, Maria Beltramini, Alessandro Angeli (photographer), The Basilica of St Peter in the Vatican: Essays, page 41

Proper noun

Nicholine

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, a feminine form of Nicholas.

Forms of Nicholine

comparativemore Nicholine
superlativemost Nicholine

Origin of Nicholine

From Nicholas + -ine.

Questions about Nicholine

What does Nicholine mean?
Nicholine means created by, in the style of, or pertaining to any of several people named Nicholas.
What part of speech is Nicholine?
Nicholine can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Nicholine?
Nicholine is pronounced /nɪkəlaɪn/.

Words near Nicholine in the dictionary

  1. Nicholases
  2. Nicholasville
  3. Nicholds
  4. Nichole
  5. Nicholforest
  6. Nicholine
  7. Nicholite
  8. Nicholites
  9. Nicholl
  10. Nicholls
  11. Nicholls Rivulet

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