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isabelline¹

  • /ɪzəˈbɛlɪn/

Where it comes from

From isabella + -ine.

adjective more isabelline · most isabelline

  1. of animals Coloured a greyish yellow. The isabelline (or Daurian) shrike is a greyish-yellow and hunts from prominent perches, impaling the corpses on thorns as a larder.

Isabelline²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish isabelino. Equivalent to Isabella + -ine.

adjective

  1. not comparable Of or related to Isabella I of Castile (1451–1504).
  2. not comparable Of a style of Spanish Gothic architecture that flourished under Isabella I of Castile. A little later the focus shifted to Valladolid and became increasingly florid—the Isabelline style—reaching its most extreme in the facades of San Pablo and the Colegio San Gregorio.

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Deutschisabellfarben, isabellfarbig

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@misc{isabelline_2026,
  title = {isabelline},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/isabelline},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}