bovine
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 6
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Definition of bovine
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- (not-comparable)Of, relating to, or characteristic of cattle, buffaloes, or bison.
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adj
- (not-comparable)Of, relating to, or characteristic of cattle, buffaloes, or bison.
- (not-comparable)Of, relating to, or characteristic of cattle, buffaloes, or bison.
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(figuratively)Sluggish, dull, slow-witted.
“They had been selected and arranged with a dull, bovine indifference to any meaning that any of them might have.”
“For reasons which are really a matter for a trainee psychoanalyst, who plays James Bond is a big thing for Spencer. To this end, he has unleashed a series of thoughts so bovine that I’ll just give you one for a little flavour.”
“The inevitable consequence of handling complex international issues with cruel and bovine simplicity is to spread fear, uncertainty and instability.”
noun
- An animal of a family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cattle, buffaloes and bison.
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(often, specifically)An animal of a family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cattle, buffaloes and bison.
“Near-synonyms: cattle beast, cattlebeast, cow”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
PIE word *gʷṓws Borrowed from Late Latin bovīnus (“relating to cattle”), from Latin bōs (“ox”). Cognate to beef.
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