ursine

[ ur-sahyn, -sin ]

adjective

1. of or relating to a bear or bears.
2. bearlike.

ursine

/ ˈɜːsaɪn /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling a bear or bears

ursine

/ ûr′sīn′ /

1. Resembling or characteristic of bears.

Other Words From

• sub·ursine adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ursine¹

1540–50; < Latin ursīnus, equivalent to urs ( us ) bear + -īnus -ine ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of ursine¹

C16: from Latin ursus a bear

Example Sentences

Keep our ursine pals safe by following all regulations regarding the storage of food and other scented items.

From Outside Online

I did not drive all this way to become an ursine protein bar.

From Outside Online

Such sightings are not uncommon in 32799, the most active ZIP Code in Florida for close encounters of the ursine kind.

From The Daily Beast

A look at the ursine baby trend—and where it falls among the list of the year's oddest monikers.

From The Daily Beast

So we will never know what made this ursine man of mystery do the things he did.

From The Daily Beast

Paul Jespersen practiced ursine behavior before the looking-glass for about half an hour.

From Project Gutenberg

A bear-skin mantles him; and you would think him of ursine consanguinity.

From Project Gutenberg

A reminiscence of his ursine antecedents appears in the last scene.

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After her confession, Ursine rises, and bounding again like a doe, runs to rejoin her friends.

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All the voices, the voice of the merciful canoness excepted, demand with Countess Ursine, "Justice and vengeance!"

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