adive
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The golden jackal; a smaller sort of jackal, sometimes domesticated.
Example Sentences
- "We are uncertain whether these two names denote animals of different species. We only know, that the jackal is larger, fiercer, and more difficult to tame than the adive;† but that, in every other article, the resemblance is perfect. Hence the adive may be only the jackal rendered smaller, feebler, and more gentle than the wild race, by being tamed and kept in a domestic state; for the adive is to the jackal nearly what the lap-dog, or small-water-dog, is to the shepherd's dog."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: adive, -, ذِئْب, ذ ء ب