cervine

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /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.’

Italian

Adjective

cervine f

1. Feminine plural form of cervino

Anagrams

• vernice
• vincere

Latin

Adjective

cervīne

1. vocative masculine singular of cervīnus