papyrine

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adjective

Synonym of papery, of, similar to, or related to paper.

Similar
paperyofsimilar toor related to paperpapyraceousor related to papyrus
OriginLatin papȳrīnus →
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Meanings

papyrine1

adjectivepapyrine (comparative more papyrine, superlative most papyrine)

comparative more papyrine · superlative most papyrine · alternative papyrin

  1. obsoleteSynonym of papery, of, similar to, or related to paper.

    Synonyms: papery, of, similar to, or related to paper

  2. obsoleteSynonym of papyraceous, of, similar to, or related to papyrus.

    Synonyms: papyraceous, of, similar to, or related to papyrus

papyrine2

nounpapyrine (uncountable)

alternative papyrin

  1. historicaluncountableA kind of parchment made by soaking unsized paper in dilute sulphuric acid.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveSynonym of papery, of, similar to, or related to paper.

Similar
paperyofsimilar toor related to paper

adjectiveSynonym of papyraceous, of, similar to, or related to papyrus.

Similar
papyraceousofsimilar toor related to papyrus
Also see
paperypapyraceous

Origin

papyrine · adjective

  1. Latinpapȳrīnus
  2. Englishpapyrine

From Latin papȳrīnus, from papȳrus + -īnus (suffix forming relational adjectives), equivalent to papyrus + -ine. Cf. Ancient Greek πᾰπῡ́ρῐνος (păpū́rĭnos).

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papyrine · noun

  1. French-ine
  2. Latinpapȳrus
  3. Frenchpapyrine
  4. Englishpapyrine

From French papyrine, from Latin papȳrus + French -ine.

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Chicago

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