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belluine

Syllables: bel·lu·ine/ˈbɛljuˌaɪn/

belluine adjective: of, characteristic of, or pertaining to beasts; animal, bestial; brutal.

Adjective

belluine (comparative more belluine, superlative most belluine)

  1. (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...1643, W[illiam] S[latyer], “Part. 5. Of the Sacraments.”, in The Compleat Christian, and Compleat Armour and Armoury of a Christian, Fitting Him with All Necessary Furniture for that His Holy...
    • [H]ad you ſtaid, you would have taken but little comfort in your life, in regard that ever ſince ther have bin the fearfulleſt diſtractions here that ever happen'd upon any part of the earth, a Beluin kind of immanity never rag'd ſo among men, inſomuch that the whole Countrey might have taken its...1647 May 14 (Gregorian calendar), James Howell, “XV. To Sir K. D. at Paris.”, in [Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ.] A Third Volume of Familiar Letters of a Fresher Date. […], 3rd edition, volume III, London: […]...
    Synonyms:
    animalistic, beastly

Synonyms of belluine

Forms of belluine

comparativemore belluine
superlativemost belluine
alternative formbeluin
alternative formbeluine

Origin of belluine

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”)).

Questions about belluine

What does belluine mean?
Belluine means of, characteristic of, or pertaining to beasts; animal, bestial; brutal.
What part of speech is belluine?
Belluine is an adjective.
How do you pronounce belluine?
Belluine is pronounced /ˈbɛljuˌaɪn/ (UK).

Words near belluine in the dictionary

  1. Bellsund
  2. belltower
  3. belltowers
  4. Belltown
  5. Belltrees
  6. belluine
  7. Belluno
  8. Bellurgan
  9. Bellview
  10. Bellville
  11. Bellvilles

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