bovial

English

Etymology

From Latin bovīnus, from bōs (“ox”). Cognate to beef.

Adjective

bovial (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to cattle.
- 1826 May, P. T., “The Deluge—A Ridiculous Drama”, in The Literary Lounger, page 231:
  Hither, my Juno! with your eyes so bovial,
  Give me a song—old Jove was ever joveial.
- 1839, “Oxton Friendly Bovial Society records”, in Scottish Archive Network online catalogue‎:
- 1849, Lord, reprinted 1999, Israel Shipman Pelton, Necia Dixon Liles, editor, A Doctor's Gold Rush Journey to California, University of Nebraska Press, page 122:
  It was only a pile of skin and bones after all. An animal, or rather a bovial collapse.
- 1870 March, Pry, Jean, “Jonathan Ferret and the Prince”, in Leisure Times, volume III, number VI, page 211:
  Arthur nodded, and his face grew still more red, as the oxygenizing current of roast-bovial recollections streamed through the flame of animation now feebly flickering in his brain.
- 1945, Cipes, Leo Richard, Prescription Writing and Materia Medica for Dentists, Dental items of interest Publishing Company, page 44:
  Parathyroid Hormone: A chemically stable aqueous solution containing the active ingredients of the bovial parathyroid glands.

Related terms

bovine

单词	bovial
释义	bovial English Etymology From Latin bovīnus, from bōs (“ox”). Cognate to beef. Adjective bovial (not comparable) Of or pertaining to cattle. 1826 May, P. T., “The Deluge—A Ridiculous Drama”, in The Literary Lounger, page 231: Hither, my Juno! with your eyes so bovial, Give me a song—old Jove was ever joveial. 1839, “Oxton Friendly Bovial Society records”, in Scottish Archive Network online catalogue‎: 1849, Lord, reprinted 1999, Israel Shipman Pelton, Necia Dixon Liles, editor, A Doctor's Gold Rush Journey to California, University of Nebraska Press, page 122: It was only a pile of skin and bones after all. An animal, or rather a bovial collapse. 1870 March, Pry, Jean, “Jonathan Ferret and the Prince”, in Leisure Times, volume III, number VI, page 211: Arthur nodded, and his face grew still more red, as the oxygenizing current of roast-bovial recollections streamed through the flame of animation now feebly flickering in his brain. 1945, Cipes, Leo Richard, Prescription Writing and Materia Medica for Dentists, Dental items of interest Publishing Company, page 44: Parathyroid Hormone: A chemically stable aqueous solution containing the active ingredients of the bovial parathyroid glands. Related terms bovine
随便看	spararvi sparas sparasse sparassero sparassi sparassid Sparassidae sparassids sparassimo Sparassinae Sparassis sparassocynid sparassocynids sparassodont Sparassodonta sparassodonts Sparassoidea Sparassus sparaste sparasti sparat sparata sparate sparategli sparatevi