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beluine

UK/ˈbiːljuˌaɪn/

beluine is the alternative 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 beluine

comparativemore beluine
superlativemost beluine

Origin of beluine

Borrowed from Latin bēluīnus (“animal, bestial; brutal”): see further at belluine.

Questions about beluine

What is beluine the alternative spelling of?
Beluine is the alternative spelling of belluine.
How do you pronounce beluine?
Beluine is pronounced /ˈbiːljuˌaɪn/ (UK).

Words near beluine in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: beluine (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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