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Terms vs Ivorine - What's the difference?

terms | ivorine |

As nouns the difference between terms and ivorine

is that terms is while ivorine is a type of man-made imitation ivory.

As an adjective ivorine is

(obsolete) made of ivory.

terms

English

Noun

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    ivorine

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Made of ivory.
  • Resembling ivory; white, smooth.
  • * 1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 162:
    • All Van saw there of his new Ada were her ivorine thighs and haunches, and the very first time he clasped them she bade him, in the midst of his vigorous joy, to glance across her shoulder over the window ledge [...].

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type of man-made imitation ivory.