cervine

English

Etymology

From Latin cervīnus, from cervus (“deer”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsəːvʌɪn/

Adjective

cervine (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a deer; deer-like.
    • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 495:
      To which she replied sweetly, shaking that fine cervine head: ‘At any moment tell yourself that things are much better that they have any right to be.’

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Italian

Adjective

cervine

  1. feminine plural of cervino

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Latin

Adjective

cervīne

  1. vocative masculine singular of cervīnus
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