Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or resembling a calf.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a calf or veal.
- Like a calf in some respect: as, the vituline seal, the common harbor-seal, Phoca ritulina.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a calf or veal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a
calf orveal .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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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.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 Various
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If a double allowance of vituline brains deserve such honor, there are few commentators on Shakespeare that would have gone afoot, and the trumpets of Messieurs Heminge and Condell call up in our minds too many monstrous and deformed associations.
Among My Books First Series James Russell Lowell 1855
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"Well said, most vituline -- _Solomon secundus_, well said."
The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two William Carleton 1831
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I think, Master Edward, the Boy-god has already taken occupation; the vituline affection for the fair Katsey has set in; heigho, what a delightful period of life is that soft and lickful one of calf love, when the tongue rolls about the dripping lips, the whites of the eyes are turned towards the divine, the ox-eyed Katsey, and you are ready to stagger over and blare out the otherwise unutterable affection. "
The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two William Carleton 1831
bestiary commented on the word vituline
adj: pertaining to a calf, or veal.
July 26, 2008