Nicholine

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/nɪkəlaɪn/

adjective

Created by, in the style of, or pertaining to any of several people named Nicholas.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectiveNicholine (comparative more Nicholine, superlative most Nicholine)

comparative more Nicholine · superlative most Nicholine

  1. Created by, in the style of, or pertaining to any of several people named Nicholas.

    Three fixed points are the bishop of Norwich's valuation of 1254, the Nicholine taxation of 1291-2, […]

    1994, Helen M. Jewell, The North--South divide, page 166
    2 more examples

    It seems that around 1470 Pope Paul II ordered the resumption of work on the new Nicholine tribune, […]

    2000, Antonio Pinelli, Maria Beltramini, Alessandro Angeli (photographer), The Basilica of St Peter in the Vatican: Essays, page 41

    Nicholine Rome failed to reach completion, as one disaster followed another. Nicholas managed to realize only a fragment of what he planned.

    2002, Anthony Grafton, Leon Battista Alberti: Master Builder of the Italian Renaissance, page 297
proper noun
  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, a feminine form of Nicholas.

Origin

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APA

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Chicago

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