acanthine
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin acanthinus, from acanthus + English -ine (“relating to”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]acanthine (comparative more acanthine, superlative most acanthine)
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus, or its leaves. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][2]
Translations
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “acanthine”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Latin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]acanthine