crine
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Italian
Etymology
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
Noun
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
Further reading
- crine in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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Latin
Noun
crīne
Scots
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Gaelic crìon (fade, wither).
Verb
crine
Usage notes
Often in the phrase "to crine in", meaning to become smaller in old age.
Spanish
Verb
crine
- inflection of crinar:
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