- sturnine
- stur·nine
English syllables. 2014.
sturnine
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sturnine — a. pertaining to starlings. ♦ strunoid, a. like a starling … Dictionary of difficult words
sturnine — ˈstərˌnīn, nə̇n adjective Etymology: Late Latin sturninus colored like a starling, from Latin sturnus starling + inus ine : of, relating to, or resembling a starling … Useful english dictionary
Latin influence in English — English has been called a Germanic language with a Romance vocabulary. Estimates of native words (derived from Old English) in English range from 20% ndash;33%, with the rest made up of foreign borrowings. A large number of these borrowings are… … Wikipedia
