vulturine
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or characteristic of a vulture.
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resembling a vulture, especially in rapacious or predatory qualities.
a vulturine critic.
adjective
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of, relating to, or resembling a vulture
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Also: vulturous. rapacious, predatory, or greedy
Other Word Forms
- unvulturine adjective
- unvulturous adjective
Etymology
Origin of vulturine
From the Latin word vulturīnus, dating back to 1640–50. See vulture, -ine 1
Example Sentences
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Mandelup follows Tester as he is scouted by a vulturine manager, who we only meet once, and, believe me, once is enough.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 27, 2019
His eyes were the worst – glittery and vulturine.
From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2018
Even Erdrich seems tested by Romeo with his "caved, tubercular-looking chest, scrawny arms, a vulturine head, and perpetually stoked-up eyes."
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2016
Instead of being impressed by the dainty musings of the learned Bulwer, that grim vulturine sage chose to curl his fierce lips and turn the whole thing to a laughing-stock.
From The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour by Runciman, James
But the virtuous critic, after the alleged nature of the vulturine kind, would appear to have eyes and ears and nose for nothing else.
From A Study of Shakespeare by Gosse, Edmund
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