Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

haedine

/ˈhiːdaɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hae-dine
IPA: /ˈhiːdaɪn/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling in form or exhibiting the behaviour typical of a kid (i.e., a juvenile goat); compare caprine, hircine.

Humorous

Example Sentences

"Then there was an old-clothes man of Hebraic origin ; a fully-costumed darkey waiter, dispensing delicious liquors from a tray ; countless clowns and placarded unfathomables ; a poor, droning blind man ; a midnight reveller with the essential lamp post ; a valiant huntsman ; an escaped convict, № 27395 ; and — not least by any means — a goat. It was a real goat, real enough to have balking and butting tendencies. Ted Fritchey had him in charge, and underwent many a harrowing experience with his haedine protégé. This goat was intended to be prophetic of a victory over Chicago on the morrow — a capture of Chicago’s goat. Of the fulfillment of the prophecy, more hereafter. It is enough to say that on this afternoon our minds were all overborne with anxiety, and our hearts were all tight with goatish desire."

Etymology

From the Latin haedīnus (“kidlike”), from haedus (“kid, young goat”); compare caprine, hircine. By surface analysis, haed- (“kid, young goat”) + -ine.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈhiːdaɪn/

Usage

Humorous

Frequently Paired Words

caprine goatish goatlike goaty hircine

Questions

How do you pronounce haedine?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhiːdaɪn/.
What does haedine mean?: Resembling in form or exhibiting the behaviour typical of a kid (i.e., a juvenile goat); compare caprine, hircine.
Where does haedine come from?: From the Latin haedīnus (“kidlike”), from haedus (“kid, young goat”); compare caprine, hircine. By surface analysis, haed- (“kid, young goat”) + -ine.

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