bovine

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊ.vaɪn/
• (US) enPR: bōʹvīn', bōʹvēn', bōʹvĭn; IPA^(key): /ˈboʊˌvaɪn/, /ˈboʊˌvin/, /ˈboʊ.vɪn/

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• Rhymes: (UK) -əʊvaɪn, (US) -oʊvaɪn

bovine (comparative more bovine, superlative most bovine)

1. (not comparable) Of or pertaining to cattle.

   Synonyms: neatish, (archaic) vaccine

2. (not comparable) Belonging to the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cows, buffalo, and bison.
3. Sluggish, dull, slow-witted.
   • 1988, Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, William Heinemann Ltd, page 48:

     They had been selected and arranged with a dull, bovine indifference to any meaning that any of them might have.

   • 2018 August 16, Marina Hyde, “Sorry to break it to you, far-righters: James Bond is not on your team”, in The Guardian‎:

     For reasons which are really a matter for a trainee psychoanalyst, who plays James Bond is a big thing for Spencer. To this end, he has unleashed a series of thoughts so bovine that I’ll just give you one for a little flavour.

bovine (plural bovines)

1. An animal of the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cattle, buffaloes and bison.

• IPA^(key): /bɔ.vin/

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bovine

1. feminine singular of bovin

bovine

1. feminine plural of bovino

• bevoni

bovīne

1. vocative masculine singular of bovīnus