bovine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbəʊ.vaɪn/
enpr: bōʹvīn'
enpr: bōʹvēn'
enpr: bōʹvĭn
ipa: /ˈboʊˌvaɪn/
ipa: /ˈboʊˌvin/
ipa: /ˈboʊ.vɪn/
rhymes: (UK) -əʊvaɪn
rhymes: (US) -oʊvaɪn
Forms: form: more bovine
form: most bovine
Etymology: PIE word
 *gʷṓws
Borrowed from Late Latin bovīnus (“relating to cattle”), from Latin bōs (“ox”). Cognate to beef.
Senses: synonyms: word: neatish
word: vaccine
glosses: Of, relating to, or characteristic of cattle.
glosses: Belonging to the subfamily Bovinae.
examples: text: They had been selected and arranged with a dull, bovine indifference to any meaning that any of them might have.
ref: 1988 October 10, Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, London: William Heinemann, page 69:
text: For reasons which are really a matter for a trainee psychoanalyst, who plays James Bond is a big thing for Spencer. To this end, he has unleashed a series of thoughts so bovine that I’ll just give you one for a little flavour.
ref: 2018 August 16, Marina Hyde, “Sorry to break it to you, far-righters: James Bond is not on your team”, in The Guardian:
text: The inevitable consequence of handling complex international issues with cruel and bovine simplicity is to spread fear, uncertainty and instability.
ref: 2025 February 5, “The Guardian view on Trump’s foreign policy: an alarming new order takes shape”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Sluggish, dull, slow-witted.
Derived terms: word: acute bovine pulmonary emphysema
word: antibovine
word: bibovine
word: bovine acetonaemia
word: bovine acetonemia
word: bovine achondroplasia
word: bovine adenovirus type 3 proteinase
word: bovine adenovirus type 7 proteinase
word: Bovine alphaherpesvirus 1
word: Bovine alphaherpesvirus 2
word: Bovine alphaherpesvirus 5
word: bovine antitoxin
word: Bovine atadenovirus D
word: bovine babesiosis
word: bovine bingo
word: bovine borreliosis
word: bovine brucellosis
word: bovine cancer eye
word: bovine cartilage
word: bovine colloid
word: bovine colostrum
word: bovine congenital ataxia
word: Bovine coronavirus
word: Bovine cyclovirus
word: bovine diarrhea virus
word: bovine diarrhoea virus
word: bovine encephalitis
word: bovine encephalomyelitis
taxonomic: Enterovirus E
word: bovine enterovirus
word: bovine ephemeral fever
word: bovine epizootic fever
word: bovine face
word: bovine farcy
word: Bovine fever ephemerovirus
word: Bovine foamy virus
word: bovine foot rot
word: Bovine gammaherpesvirus 4
word: Bovine gammaherpesvirus 6
word: bovine genital campylobacteriosis
word: bovine genital vibriosis
word: bovine genome
word: bovine growth hormone
word: bovine haemoglobinuria
word: bovine hemoglobinuria
word: bovine heart
word: bovine herpes mammillitis
word: bovine herpes virus 1
word: Bovine herpesvirus 1
word: bovine herpes virus 5
word: Bovine herpesvirus 5
word: Bovine immunodeficiency virus
word: bovine immunoglobulin
word: bovine immunoglobulin concentrate
word: bovine infectious petechial fever
word: bovine ketosis
word: bovine lentivirus
word: bovine leprosy
word: bovine leptospirosis
word: bovine leukaemia
word: bovine leukemia
word: Bovine leukemia virus
word: bovine leukosis
word: bovinely
word: bovine lymphomatosis
word: bovine malignant catarrh
word: bovine malignant catarrhal fever
word: bovine malignant lymphoma
word: Bovine mastadenovirus A
word: Bovine mastadenovirus B
word: Bovine mastadenovirus C
word: bovine mastitis
word: bovine mitochondrial endonuclease
word: bovine myelin
word: bovineness
word: bovine nocardiosis
word: bovine papillomatosis
word: bovine papilloma virus
word: bovine papillomavirus
word: bovine papular stomatitis
word: Bovine papular stomatitis virus
word: Bovine parainfluenza virus 3
word: Bovine parvovirus
word: bovine petechial fever
word: bovine porphyria
word: bovine progressive degenerative myeloencephalopathy
word: Bovine respiratory syncytial virus
word: Bovine rhinitis A virus
word: Bovine rhinitis B virus
word: bovine rhinotracheitis vaccine
word: bovine rhinovirus
word: bovine scatology
word: bovine serum albumin
word: bovine somatotrophin
word: bovine spongiform encephalitis
word: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
word: bovine sporadic encephalomyelitis
word: bovine theileriasis
word: Bovine torovirus
word: bovine trichomoniasis
word: bovine trypanosomiasis
word: bovine tuberculosis
word: bovine ulcerative mammillitis
word: bovine vaccinia mammillitis
word: bovine viral diarrhea
word: bovine viral diarrhoea
word: bovine virus diarrhea
word: bovine virus diarrhoea
word: Bovine viral diarrhea virus 1
word: Bovine viral diarrhea virus 2
word: bovinity
word: bovinized
word: contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
word: contagious bovine pyelonephritis
word: enzootic bovine haematuria
word: enzootic bovine hematuria
word: epidemic bovine abortion
word: epizootic bovine abortion
word: fetal bovine serum
word: foetal bovine serum
word: infectious bovine keratitis
word: infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis
word: infectious bovine rhinotracheitis
word: nonbovine
word: ovibovine
word: sporadic bovine encephalomyelitis
word: sporadic bovine leukosis
Related terms: word: beef
word: Bos
word: Boselaphini
word: Boselaphus
word: bovate
word: bovicide
word: boviculture
word: bovid
word: Bovidae
word: boviform
word: Bovinae
word: Bovini
alt: hodag
word: Bovinus spiritualis
word: Bovril