Meanings
nounbutterine (countable and uncountable, plural butterines)
plural butterines
- countableuncountableAn imitation butter prepared from animal fat with other ingredients.
If a man sells you anything as good as what you ask for, but yet entirely different, are you cheated? […] [A] man may say his butterine is as pure and wholesome as genuine butter, and therefore why not sell it as butter?
1894, R. C. Kedzie, “Adulteration of Fruit Preserves and Other Foods”, in Twenty-fourth annual report of the secretary of the State Horticultural Society of Michigan
Origin
- Ancient Greekβούτῡρον (boútūron)
- Latinbūtȳrum
- Proto-West Germanic*buterā
- Old Englishbutere
- Middle Englishbuter
- Englishbutter
- Englishbutterine
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APA
butterine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butterine
MLA
“butterine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butterine. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “butterine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butterine.
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