acanthine

English

Etymology

From Latin acanthinus, from acanthus + English -ine (“relating to”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈkæn.θɪn/, /əˈkænt.θɪn/, /əˈkænˌθaɪn/
  • Rhymes: -ænθɪn

Adjective

acanthine (comparative more acanthine, superlative most acanthine)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus, or its leaves. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][2]

References
  1. Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)
  2. “acanthine” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Latin

Adjective

acanthine

  1. vocative masculine singular of acanthinus
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