Ninevite

/ ˈnɪnɪˌvaɪt /

noun

There is first, for instance, the assuredly intended and resolute abstraction of the Ninevite and Egyptian sculptors.

The Ninevite bull, with a human head and five legs, is a grotesque, but it is also a symbol of majesty and might.

It would be sometimes difficult to distinguish a Ninevite man from a Ninevite beast, the dress being similar for all.

He came down stairs, and accosted the young Ninevite, designing to console her with philosophy.

Thus we find in the Ninevite palaces outer walls of from fifteen to five-and-twenty feet in thickness.

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