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prettygoodwordleporine (LEP-uh-rin, LEP-uh-rain) - adj., of, pertaining to, or resembling a hare or rabbit.
Following on from leveret, another word from the same source: taken in the 1650s, a time of much Latinate adoptions, from Latin leporīnus, adjectival form (that is, genitive singular form + -īnus, of/pertaining to) of lepus, hare. And since yesterday's entirely necessary yet cute pic was a European hare, today's a European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus):
Thanks, WikiMedia!
---L.
Following on from leveret, another word from the same source: taken in the 1650s, a time of much Latinate adoptions, from Latin leporīnus, adjectival form (that is, genitive singular form + -īnus, of/pertaining to) of lepus, hare. And since yesterday's entirely necessary yet cute pic was a European hare, today's a European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus):
Thanks, WikiMedia!
---L.
