intestine
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Etymology 1 [edit]
From Latin intestīnum, neuter of intestīnus (“internal”), as Etymology 2, below.
Noun [edit]
intestine (plural intestines)
- (anatomy, often pluralized) The alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs.
- One of certain subdivisions of this part of the alimentary canal, such as the small or large intestine in human beings.
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alimentary canal
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subdivision of the alimentary canal
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Etymology 2 [edit]
From Latin intestīnus (“internal”), from intus (“within”).
Adjective [edit]
intestine (not comparable)
- Domestic; taking place within a given country or region.
- 1615, Ralph Hamor, A True Discourse of the Present State of Virginia, Richmond 1957, p. 2:
- It being true that now after fiue yeeres intestine warre with the reuengefull implacable Indians, a firme peace (not againe easily to be broken) hath bin lately concluded [...].
- 1776, Edward Gibbon, The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, ch. 1,
- Yet the success of Trajan, however transient, was rapid and specious. The degenerate Parthians, broken by intestine discord, fled before his arms.
- 1615, Ralph Hamor, A True Discourse of the Present State of Virginia, Richmond 1957, p. 2:
- (obsolete) Internal.
- 1603, John Florio, trans. Michel de Montaigne, Essays, I.41:
- When you have alleaged all the reasons you can, and beleeved all to disavow and reject her, she produceth, contrarie to your discourses, so intestine inclination, that you have small hold against her.
- 1603, John Florio, trans. Michel de Montaigne, Essays, I.41:
Translations [edit]
- German: innere (2)
Italian [edit]
Adjective [edit]
intestine f pl
- feminine plural of intestino
Latin [edit]
Adjective [edit]
intestīne
- vocative masculine singular of intestīnus
