columbine
nounEtymology
From Middle English columbyne, from Old French columbin (French colombin), from Latin columbinus, from columba (“dove, pigeon”).
- derived from columbinus
- derived from columbin
- inherited from columbyne
Definitions
Any plant of the genus Aquilegia, having distinctive bell-shaped flowers with spurs on…
Any plant of the genus Aquilegia, having distinctive bell-shaped flowers with spurs on each petal.
Pertaining to a dove or pigeon.
- Near-synonyms: columboid, peristeronic
- It is not possible to join serpentine wisdom with the columbine innocency, except men know exactly all the conditions of the serpent.
A census-designated place in Arapahoe County and Jefferson County, Colorado, United…
A census-designated place in Arapahoe County and Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.
- In 1999 at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, 18-year-old Eric Harris and 17-year-old Dylan Klebold killed 12 of their fellow students and a teacher before taking their own lives in the school library.
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The sweetheart of Harlequin in old pantomimes.
An incident in which someone shoots multiple people at a school.
- Granted, I'm not exactly grabbing an ax and going to town or pulling a “Columbine” but the idea of engaging in such activities has crossed my twisted little mind and plagued my black little heart in dreams only.
- I remember the second song that played was “Run to the Hills.” I thought my head was going to explode, thinking we were ten minutes away from a Columbine.
The neighborhood
- neighborColombian
- neighborColumba
- neighborcolumbarium
- neighborcolumbary
- neighborColumbian
- neighborColumbus
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for columbine. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA