lauwine

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lauwine

/ˈlɔːwɪn/ UK
/ˈlɔ.wən/ US

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Borrowed by Lord Byron from German Lawine, from Late Latin lābīna, from Latin lābēs (“fall”).

noun lauwines · lawine

dated, poetic An avalanche. Once more upon the woody Apennine, / The infant Alps, which — had I not before / Gazed on their mightier parents, where the pine / Sits on more shaggy summits, and where roar / The thundering lauwine — might be worshipped more;[…]

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@misc{lauwine_2026,
  title = {lauwine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lauwine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}