ruminant
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English
Etymology
From Latin rūmināns, rūminantem, present participle of rūminārī (“to chew the cud, ruminate”), from rūmen (“throat, gullet, rumen(first stomach of a ruminant)”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ruminant (comparative more ruminant, superlative most ruminant)
- Chewing cud.
- Pondering; ruminative.
- G. K. Chesterton
- “I wonder what a paradox is,” remarked the priest in a ruminant manner.
- G. K. Chesterton
Translations
chewing cud
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pondering, ruminative
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Noun
ruminant (plural ruminants)
- An artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud, such as a cow or deer.
- 1941, Theodore Roethke, “Prognosis”, in Open House; republished in The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke, 1975, →ISBN, page 5:
- Flesh behind steel and glass is unprotected
From enemies that whisper to the blood;
The scratch forgotten is the scratch infected;
The ruminant, reason, chews a poisoned cud.
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:ruminant
Translations
artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud
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Related terms
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
ruminant (feminine ruminante, masculine plural ruminants, feminine plural ruminantes)
Noun
ruminant m (plural ruminants)
Participle
ruminant
Further reading
- “ruminant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Latin
Verb
rūminant