belluine

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belluine

/ˈbɛljuˌaɪn/ US, UK

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Borrowed from Latin belluīnus, an alternative spelling of bēluīnus (“animal, bestial; brutal”) (whence the English beluine) + -ine (“suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’”). Bēluīnus is derived from bēlua (“(wild) beast; monster; brute”) + -īnus (“suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’”) (from Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos (“suffix forming adjectives”)).

adjective more belluine · most belluine · beluin · beluine

obsolete Of, characteristic of, or pertaining to beasts; animal, bestial; brutal. […] God ſuffereth his Church to be ſo afflicted, and more, eſpecially to be conſidered in ten, a perfect and compleat number, the compleat ripeneſſe of ſinne and impiety in that Belua [beast]; and as an indefinite number ten, being underſtood for many, as ſex centa pro infinito numero, the often aſſ
Similar: animalistic, beastly

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adj of, characteristic of, or pertaining to beasts — see also bestial

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@misc{belluine_2026,
  title = {belluine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/belluine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}