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columbine
1[ kol-uhm-bahyn ]
noun
- a plant, Aquilegia caerula, of the buttercup family, having showy flowers with white petals and white to blue sepals that form long, backward spurs: the state flower of Colorado.
- any of various other plants of the genus Aquilegia, characterized by divided leaves and showy flowers of various colors.
columbine
2[ kol-uhm-bahyn, -bin ]
adjective
- of a dove.
- dovelike; dove-colored.
Columbine
3[ kol-uhm-bahyn ]
noun
- a female character in commedia dell'arte and pantomime: sweetheart of Harlequin.
- a female given name.
columbine
1/ ˈkɒləmˌbaɪn /
adjective
- of, relating to, or resembling a dove
columbine
2/ ˈkɒləmˌbaɪn /
noun
- any plant of the ranunculaceous genus Aquilegia, having purple, blue, yellow, or red flowers with five spurred petals Also calledaquilegia
Columbine
3/ ˈkɒləmˌbaɪn /
noun
- (originally) the character of a servant girl in commedia dell'arte
- (later) the sweetheart of Harlequin in English pantomime
Word History and Origins
Origin of columbine1
Origin of columbine2
Origin of columbine3
Word History and Origins
Origin of columbine1
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Example Sentences
Officers at the school waited over an hour to enter the classrooms and confront the gunman—a decision that was “antithetical to everything we have learned over the last two decades since the Columbine massacre” in 1999, McCraw said.
The majority of mass school shootings were carried out by a lone gunman, with just two – Columbine and the 1988 shooting at Westside School in Jonesboro, Arkansas – carried out by two gunmen.
If those two boys who went on a shooting rampage at Columbine had an adult who cared, they might not have “descended into hell.”
In the eyes of the NRA, Rambo is as grave a threat to gun rights as The Fonz—or the director of Bowling for Columbine.
Gun massacres like Newtown and Columbine can destroy communities, families, and schools.
But school-based arrests in Pennsylvania alone went up by 300 percent since Columbine.
“Before Columbine, juvenile crime had been coming down,” May said.
In a kind of manifesto, the Virginia Tech killer had written about the two Columbine killers.
Harlequin had recruited a columbine and a shepherdess, and he introduced these ladies as partners for the promised minuet.
As a favourite garden flower, the Columbine found its way into heraldic blazonry.
As a garden plant the Columbine still holds a favourite place.
The many species of owls, too, have p. 187not been noticed; and no mention made of the Columbine tribe.
But any though he is, he is as capable of devotion to his Columbine as Punchinello, and remains faithfully mated year after year.
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