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beluin

beluin is the obsolete spelling of belluine.

Meaning of belluine

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...
    Synonyms:
    animalistic, beastly

Forms of beluin

comparativemore beluin
superlativemost beluin

Origin of beluin

As beluine, the final -e (used to lengthen the preceding i, likewise long in the Latin etymon) omitted.

Questions about beluin

What is beluin the obsolete spelling of?
Beluin is the obsolete spelling of belluine.

Words near beluin in the dictionary

  1. beluga lentil
  2. beluga lentils
  3. beluga whale
  4. beluga whales
  5. belugas
  6. beluin
  7. beluine
  8. Belukha
  9. belull
  10. belulled
  11. belulling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: beluin (page history and authors); belluine (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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