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語源 1

From the Latin colombina herba (“dove-like plant”), the flower being likened to five clustered pigeons.

名詞

columbine (複数形 columbines)

1. Any plant of the genus Aquilegia, having distinctive bell-shaped flowers with spurs on each petal.

派生語

語源 2

From Middle English columbyne, from Old French columbin (French colombin), from Latin columbinus, from columba (“dove, pigeon”).

形容詞

columbine (comparative more columbine, superlative most columbine)

1. (archaic) Pertaining to a dove or pigeon.
   • late 1500s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Merchant's Tale:

     Com forþ now, wiþ þyne eyen columbyn! / How fairer been þy brestes þan is wyn!

   • 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 または 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC:

     It is not possible to join serpentine wisdom with the columbine innocency, except men know exactly all the conditions of the serpent.