eburnine

English

Etymology

From Latin eburnus.

Adjective

eburnine (comparative more eburnine, superlative most eburnine)

1. (rare) Like ivory.
   • 1958, Lawrence Durrell, Balthazar:

     On a square of grey silk lay several objects with a direct relationship to our brimming thoughts – the great hatpin with its ugly blue stone head, and the eburnine ring of my lover which I could not see even now without a pang.