Meanings
adjectiveeburnine (comparative more eburnine, superlative most eburnine)
comparative more eburnine · superlative most eburnine
- rareLike ivory.
On a square of grey silk lay several objects with a direct relationship to our brimming thoughts – the great hatpin with its ugly blue stone head, and the eburnine ring of my lover which I could not see even now without a pang.
1958, Lawrence Durrell, Balthazar
Origin
- Latineburnus
- Englisheburnine
From Latin eburnus.
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eburnine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eburnine
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