Monday Word: balaustine
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1word1daybalaustine [buh-laws-tin]
adjective
of or relating to the pomegranate
Example
"Our old-fashioned physician introduced us to poultices made of balaustine flowers for treating everyday wounds." The Highly Selective Diction of Golden Adjectives for the Extraordinarily Literate by Eugene Ehrlich.
Origin
1665–75; earlier balaust ( y ) pomegranate flower (< Latin balaustium < Greek balaústion in same sense) + -ine 1; baluster
Detail from Botticelli's Madonna of the Pomegranate c. 1487
adjective
of or relating to the pomegranate
Example
"Our old-fashioned physician introduced us to poultices made of balaustine flowers for treating everyday wounds." The Highly Selective Diction of Golden Adjectives for the Extraordinarily Literate by Eugene Ehrlich.
Origin
1665–75; earlier balaust ( y ) pomegranate flower (< Latin balaustium < Greek balaústion in same sense) + -ine 1; baluster
Detail from Botticelli's Madonna of the Pomegranate c. 1487
