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Word entry · 6 letters

bovine

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"Cowlike"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈbəʊ.vaɪn/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted beinovStarts with BEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox

Word origin

Borrowed from Late Latin bovīnus (“relating to cattle”), from Latin bōs (“ox”). Cognate to beef.

Used in a sentence

  • They had been selected and arranged with a dull, bovine indifference to any meaning that any of them might have.
  • The inevitable consequence of handling complex international issues with cruel and bovine simplicity is to spread fear, uncertainty and instability.
  • Near-synonyms: cattle beast, cattlebeast, cow

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