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papyrine

papyrine adjective: synonym of papery, of, similar to, or related to paper.

Adjective

papyrine (comparative more papyrine, superlative most papyrine)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of papery, of, similar to, or related to paper.
    Synonyms:
    papery, of, similar to, or related to paper
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of papyraceous, of, similar to, or related to papyrus.
    Synonyms:
    papyraceous, of, similar to, or related to papyrus

Noun

papyrine (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A kind of parchment made by soaking unsized paper in dilute sulphuric acid.

Synonyms of papyrine

Forms of papyrine

comparativemore papyrine
superlativemost papyrine
alternative formpapyrin

Origin of papyrine

From Latin papȳrīnus, from papȳrus + -īnus (suffix forming relational adjectives), equivalent to papyrus + -ine. Cf. Ancient Greek πᾰπῡ́ρῐνος (păpū́rĭnos).

From French papyrine, from Latin papȳrus + French -ine.

Questions about papyrine

What does papyrine mean?
Papyrine means synonym of papery, of, similar to, or related to paper.
What part of speech is papyrine?
Papyrine can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near papyrine in the dictionary

  1. papyrian
  2. papyric
  3. papyriferous
  4. papyriflavonol
  5. papyriform
  6. papyrine
  7. papyritious
  8. papyro-
  9. papyrocentric
  10. papyrocracy
  11. papyrograph

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