crine
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin crīnis, from Proto-Italic *kriznis, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kre-i-s-, extension of the root *(s)ker- (“to turn; to bend”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
crine m (plural crini)
- any hair from the mane or tail of a horse or other similar animal
- horsehair
- 13th century, “Del conoscimento della bellezza de’ Cavalli”, in Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise On Agriculture][1], translation of Opus ruralium commodorum libri XII by Pietro De' Crescenzi, published 1605, page 405:
- I crini sien piani, e pochi
- The hairs should be straight, and few
- horsehair
- (collective) a mass of such hair
- a fabric made from such hair
- (poetic) a hair
- Synonym: capello
- 1348, Giovanni Villani, “Libro quinto [Fifth Book]”, in Nuova Cronica [New Chronicle][2], published 1991:
- tutto spogliata di vestimenti, e’ crini del capo diligentemente scrinati
- Completely stripped of clothes, and [with] diligently styled hair
- (poetic, collective) hair
- Synonym: capelli
- c. 1340, Giovanni Boccaccio, Teseida[3], section 30, page 381:
- Con rabbuffata barba e tristo crine
- With ruffled beard and messed-up hair
- 1835, Giacomo Leopardi with Alessandro Donati, “Il sabato del villaggio”, in Canti[4], Bari: Einaudi, published 1917, page 95:
- ornare ella si appresta ¶ dimani, al dí di festa, il petto e il crine
- She prepares to ornate, tomorrow, on the day of the festival, the chest and the hair
- tail (visible stream from a comet)
- Synonym: coda
- 1581, Annibale Caro, transl., Eneide [Aeneid][5], Florence: Leonardo Ciardetti, translation of Aeneis by Virgil, published 1827, Libro V, page 243:
- Tal sovente dal ciel divelta cade ¶ Notturna stella, e trascorrendo lascia ¶ Dopo sè lungo e luminoso il crine.
- Like that, a night star torn from the sky often falls, and, passing, it leaves after itself long and bright tail.
- (poetic) ray, beam
- Synonym: raggio
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto ⅩⅩⅣ, page 355, lines 1–3:
- In quella parte del giovanetto anno ¶ che ’l sole i crin sotto l'Aquario tempra
- In that part of the young year where the Sun makes the rays warm under the Aquarius
- (Tuscan) Synonym of crinale
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- crine in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Noun[edit]
crīne
Scots[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Gaelic crìon (fade, wither).
Verb[edit]
crine
Usage notes[edit]
Often in the phrase "to crine in", meaning to become smaller in old age.
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
crine
- inflection of crinar:
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