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ivory
English
Etymology
From Middle English yvory, ivorie, from Anglo-Norman ivurie, from Latin eboreus (“in or of ivory”) adjective of ebur (“ivory”) (genitive eboris), from Demotic yb (“ivory, Elephantine”) (compare Coptic ??? (i?b, “Elephantine”)), from Egyptian ?bw (“elephant, ivory, Elephantine”). Displaced native Old English elpendb?n (literally “elephant bone”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?v(?)?i/
- Hyphenation: i?vo?ry, ivo?ry
Noun
ivory (countable and uncountable, plural ivories)
- (uncountable) The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.
- A creamy white color, the color of ivory.
- Something made from or resembling ivory.
- (collective, singular or in plural) The teeth.
- (collective, singular or in plural) The keys of a piano.
- Coordinate term: ebony
- (slang) A white person.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:white person
Translations
See also
- Galalith
Adjective
ivory (not comparable)
- Made of ivory.
- Resembling or having the colour of ivory.
- 1938, Interior Decoration To-day (page 132)
- The walls and ceiling of this drawing-room in Montague Square are painted ivory.
- 1938, Interior Decoration To-day (page 132)
Derived terms
Related terms
- chryselephantine
- eburnation
Translations
See also
- odontolite
- scrimshaw
- whalebone
- Appendix:Colors
Middle English
Noun
ivory
- Alternative form of yvory
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ivorine
English
Etymology
From Old French ivorin, ivoirin, from ivoire (“ivory”); later also from ivory +? -ine.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???v??i?n/
Adjective
ivorine (comparative more ivorine, superlative most ivorine)
- (obsolete) Made of ivory.
- Resembling ivory; white, smooth.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 162:
- All Van saw there of his new Ada were her ivorine thighs and haunches, and the very first time he clasped them she bade him, in the midst of his vigorous joy, to glance across her shoulder over the window ledge [...].
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 162:
Noun
ivorine (plural ivorines)
- A type of man-made imitation ivory.
Translations
ivorine From the web:
- what is ivorine made of
- what is ivorine celluloid
- what us ivorine
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