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vituline

[ vich-uh-lahyn, -lin ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or resembling a calf or veal.


vituline

/ -lɪn; ˈvɪtjʊˌlaɪn /

adjective

  1. of or resembling a calf or veal
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vituline1

1650–60; < Latin ±¹Ÿ±³Ù³Ü±ôÄ«²Ô³Ü²õ, equivalent to vitul ( us ) calf + -Ä«²Ô³Ü²õ -ine 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vituline1

C17: from Latin ±¹Ÿ±³Ù³Ü±ôÄ«²Ô³Ü²õ, from vitulus a calf
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Example Sentences

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The unequal circle of the infant's face, somewhat resembles the inequality of the circumference of your countenance; he has also the vituline or calf-like concavity of the profile of your visage.

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"Well said, most vituline—Solomon secundus, well said."

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Associated words: vellum, parchment, veal, fatling, dogy, vitular, vituline, slink, slunk, calve, steer. calico, n. print.

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Associated word: vituline. veering, n. shift, shifting; vacillation, tergiversation; temporizing, time-serving. vegetable, n. plant, truck. vegetable oyster. salsify. vegetate, v. sprout, grow, germinate, pullulate; rusticate, hibernate. vehemence, n. fervency, impetuosity, intensity, zeal.

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If a double allowance of vituline brains deserve such honor, there are few commentators on Shakspeare that would have gone afoot, and the trumpets of Messieurs Heminge and Condell call up in our minds too many monstrous and deformed associations.

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