bovial

English

Etymology

From Latin bovīnus, from bōs (“ox”). Cognate to beef.

Adjective

bovial (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to cattle.
   • 1826 May, P. T., “The Deluge—A Ridiculous Drama”, in The Literary Lounger, page 231:

     Hither, my Juno! with your eyes so bovial,
     Give me a song—old Jove was ever joveial.

   • 1839, “Oxton Friendly Bovial Society records”, in Scottish Archive Network online catalogue‎^[1]:
   • 1849, reprinted 1999, Israel Shipman Pelton Lord, edited by Necia Dixon Liles, A Doctor's Gold Rush Journey to California, University of Nebraska Press, page 122:

     It was only a pile of skin and bones after all. An animal, or rather a bovial collapse.

   • 1870 March, Jean Pry, “Jonathan Ferret and the Prince”, in Leisure Times, volume III, number VI, page 211:

     Arthur nodded, and his face grew still more red, as the oxygenizing current of roast-bovial recollections streamed through the flame of animation now feebly flickering in his brain.

   • 1945, Leo Richard Cipes, Prescription Writing and Materia Medica for Dentists, Dental items of interest Publishing Company, page 44:

     Parathyroid Hormone: A chemically stable aqueous solution containing the active ingredients of the bovial parathyroid glands.

Related terms

• bovine