Clementine
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin clēmentīnus,[1] from Late Latin Clēmens (“Clement”) (genitive Clēmentis) + -īnus (“of or pertaining to”), from clēmens (“merciful”).
Adjective
Clementine (comparative more Clementine, superlative most Clementine)
- Of or relating to Clement, especially to Pope Clement I and the spurious homilies attributed to him, or to Pope Clement V and his compilations of canon law, or to the Sixto-Clementine Vulgate (commonly called the Clementine Vulgate).
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
From French Clémentine, from Clément (“Clement”) + -ine (feminine suffix), from Late Latin Clēmens (genitive Clēmentis), from clēmens (“merciful”).
Proper noun
Clementine
- A female given name from Latin; feminine of Clement. [from 19th c.]
- 1884, debated authorship, Oh My Darling Clementine (a ballad):
- Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling Clementine!
Thou were lost and gone forever, dreadful sorry, Clementine.
Derived terms
- Clem (diminutive)
References
- “Clementine, adj. and n.1”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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