entire

Etymology

From Middle English entere, enter, borrowed from Anglo-Norman entier, from Latin integrum, accusative of integer, from in- (“not”) + tangō (“touch”). Doublet of integer.

adj

1. (sometimes postpositive) Whole; complete.
   We had the entire building to ourselves for the evening.
2. (botany) Having a smooth margin without any indentation.
3. (botany) Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.
4. (complex analysis, of a complex function) Complex-differentiable on all of ℂ.
5. (of a male animal) Not gelded.
   On top of that, he was entire, which meant his bloodline could carry on. 2018, Markus Zusak, Bridge of Clay, page 423
6. Morally whole; pure; sheer.
7. Internal; interior.

noun

1. (now rare) The whole of something; the entirety.
   In the entire of the Poems we never hear of a merchant ship of the Greeks. 1876, WE Gladstone, Homeric Synchronism
   ‘Then is the City Magistrate the entire of your family now?’ 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 19
2. An uncastrated horse; a stallion.
   He asked why Hijaz was an entire. You know what an entire is, do you not, Anna? A stallion which has not been castrated. 2005, James Meek, The People's Act of Love, Canongate, published 2006, page 124
3. (philately) A complete envelope with stamps and all official markings: (prior to the use of envelopes) a page folded and posted.
4. Porter or stout as delivered from the brewery.