Sphingine
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Sphingine is an adjective meaning (organic chemistry) The amino alcohol 2-amino-octadecanol CH₃(CH₂)₁₅-CH(NH₂)-CH₂OH related to sphingosine; any related amino alcohol.
Meaning
(organic chemistry) The amino alcohol 2-amino-octadecanol CH₃(CH₂)₁₅-CH(NH₂)-CH₂OH related to sphingosine; any related amino alcohol.
More Meanings
- (rare) Sphinx-like.
Example Sentences
The word I was looking for, I suppose, was "sphingine" – I thought of the baleful prehistoric smile of the Mycenaean women.
For whenever she asked him how much he had written, he regularly answered 'Nothing,' smiling at her meanwhile that courteous and Sphingine smile which Mrs Aldwinkle always found so baffling, so pre-eminently 'queer'.
Word Forms
- sphingines
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sphingid, sphagnaceous, sphagnicolous, spongiolithic, spongolitic, ophite.
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