arietine

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin arietinus.

Adjective

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arietine (comparative more arietine, superlative most arietine)

  1. (zoology, rare) Of, like, or pertaining to rams.
    • 1871 June 1, “Morality in Fiction”, in The Literary World, page 8:
      The great public, who follow the bell-wether with trusting confidence, and with the greater eagerness if the scent of scandal comes from his direction, tumbled pell-mell through the gap in the fence discovered by their arietine leader, and the whole pasture resounded with ovine voices of dismay.
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Latin

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Adjective

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arietīne

  1. vocative masculine singular of arietīnus