Latine

//ləˈtiːneɪ// adj, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of Latin. alt-of, obsolete

    "Wherein to speak strictly, if by this word Grashopper, we understand that animal which is implied by τέττιξ with the Greeks, and by Cicada with the Latines; we may with safety affirm the picture is widely mistaken, and that for ought enquiry can inform, there is no such insect in England."

  2. 2
    Someone of Latin American descent; a Latino or Latina. gender-neutral, neologism
Adjective
  1. 1
    Hispanic; Latino or Latina. gender-neutral, neologism, not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of Latin. alt-of, obsolete

    "Costard: Go to; thou hast it ad dungill^([sic]), at the fingers’ ends, as they say. Holofernes: O, I smell false Latine; dunghill for unguem."

Example

More examples

"Wherein to speak strictly, if by this word Grashopper, we understand that animal which is implied by τέττιξ with the Greeks, and by Cicada with the Latines; we may with safety affirm the picture is widely mistaken, and that for ought enquiry can inform, there is no such insect in England."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish latine (“Latine; Latino or Latina”). The gender-neutral suffix -e replaces the gendered suffixes -a and -o.

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