crine

crine · verb¹

1. Old Irish · derived fromcrín
2. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromcrìon“withered”
3. Scots · borrowed fromcrine“to shrivel”
4. English todaycrine

From Scots crine (“to shrivel”), from Scottish Gaelic crìon (“withered”), from Old Irish crín.

crine · noun²

1. Latin · borrowed fromcrīnis“hair of the head, lock of hair, plume”
2. Italian · borrowed fromcrine
3. Middle French · borrowed fromcrine
4. English todaycrine

From Middle French crine (whence also French crin), Italian crine, or directly from Latin crīnis (“hair of the head, lock of hair, plume”).

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