WORD OF THE DAY
Use the adjective taurine to describe someone or something that resembles a bull, like a big, broad dog lumbering through the dog park.
The resemblance to the astrological sign known as "Taurus" is the tipoff to the meaning of taurine: this elegant adjective means "relating to or resembling a bull." In fact, in Latin taurus means "bull." You might describe a football player in a tiny antique shop, bumping against delicate furniture and jostling tea cups, as taurine.
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Words from Round 3 of the 2014 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
