English Explanatory Dictionary

belluine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, characteristic of, or pertaining to beasts; animal, bestial; brutal.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɛljuˌaɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-belluine.wav

Word forms

belluine more belluine most belluine beluin beluine

Etymology

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”)).

Synonyms

animalistic beastly
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