Definition of "tigrine" []

• Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the tiger. (adjective)

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• "But the characters in this book, both human and tigrine, are more nuanced."
• "And now eyes and face and hair, and Madame le Claire -- all passed away; and Florian Amidon became as naught, and the tigrine lady and the faded professor played with the thing which had been he, as upon a machine."
• "The tigrine Le Claire advanced from a bay-window, bringing a slender man with stooped shoulders."