Sphingine

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The amino alcohol 2-amino-octadecanol CH₃(CH₂)₁₅-CH(NH₂)-CH₂OH related to sphingosine; any related amino alcohol countable, uncountable
Adjective
  1. 1
    Sphinx-like. rare

    "For whenever she asked him how much he had written, he regularly answered 'Nothing,' smiling at her meanwhile that courteous and Sphingine smile which Mrs Aldwinkle always found so baffling, so pre-eminently 'queer'."

Adjective
  1. 1
    resembling a sphinx wordnet

Example

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"For whenever she asked him how much he had written, he regularly answered 'Nothing,' smiling at her meanwhile that courteous and Sphingine smile which Mrs Aldwinkle always found so baffling, so pre-eminently 'queer'."

Etymology

From (the stem of) Latin sphinx + -ine.

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amino alcohol

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