Cervine
[SER-vihyn]
Part of speech: adjective
Origin: Latin, mid 19th century
1.
Relating to deer; deerlike.
Examples of Cervine in a sentence
"The ballet dancer had a charming, cervine style for footwork."
"I made a cervine costume to go along with the woodland theme of the party."
About Cervine
This word comes from the Latin “cervinus,” a combination of “cervus,” meaning “deer,” and “-ine,” an adjective-forming suffix that means “belonging to; resembling in nature.”
Did you Know?
There’s a whole group of animal-related words that end in “-ine” beyond “cervine.” For instance, “bovine” is related to cows, “canine” to dogs, “equine” to horses, and “vulpine” to foxes.
