eglantine

[ eg-luhn-tahyn, -teen ]

noun

1. the sweetbrier.

eglantine

/ ˈɛɡlənˌtaɪn /

noun

1. another name for sweetbrier

Word History and Origins

Origin of eglantine¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French; Old French aiglent (< Vulgar Latin *aculentum, neuter of *aculentus prickly, equivalent to Latin acu ( s ) needle + -lentus adj. suffix) + -ine -ine ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of eglantine¹

C14: from Old French aiglent, ultimately from Latin acus needle, from acer sharp, keen

Example Sentences

From Chaucer’s supercilious Madame Eglantine in “The Canterbury Tales,” with her spoiled lap dogs and secular French airs, to Ryan Murphy’s ruthless Sister Jude in 2012’s “American Horror Story: Asylum,” a woman who wears a red negligee under her habit and is not above indulging in some communion wine, fictional portrayals of nuns have long captured and confounded the imagination.

From New York Times

It took place between 03:00 and 03:30 GMT on Sunday 29 January on the Malone Road, at the Eglantine Avenue junction.

From BBC

In 1971, she accepted her first lead in an onscreen musical: the witch Eglantine Price in the Disney film "Bedknobs and Broomsticks."

From Salon

Lansbury's Eglantine is no-nonsense but with a heart as she's placed in charge of young siblings evacuated during the Battle of Brittan, in a story not too removed from her own.

From Salon

Eglantine Rayer of France was second ahead of Dutch rider Nienke Vinke.

From Seattle Times