English Explanatory Dictionary

lupine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Wolfish (all senses); wolflike.
  2. Ravenous.
noun
  1. North American English form of lupin (any plant of the genus Lupinus; an edible legume seed of one of these plants).

Pronunciation

/ˈluː.paɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lupine1.wav /ˈluː.pɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lupine2.wav

Word forms

lupine more lupine most lupine lupines

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lupīnus, from lupus (“wolf”) + -īnus (“pertaining to”). Doublet of lupin and piecewise doublet of wolven, Latin lupus being a cognate of wolf and -ine being a doublet of -en.

Synonyms

gluttonous insatiable rapacious cormorant edacious esurient gutfoundered hungry as a hog lupine pantagruelian ravening ravenous voracious

Related words

canine vulpine

Derived words

lupinely fleshy lupine harlequin annual lupine lupine clover lupinelike lupinin lupinosis

Translations

Arabic: ذِئْبِيّ Belarusian: во́ўчы Bulgarian: въ́лчи Chinese Mandarin: 狼的 Czech: vlčí Finnish: susimainen French: lupin French: louvesque French: lupoïde German: wölfisch German: Wolfen- German: Wolfs- Indonesian: serigala Italian: lupino Japanese: オオカミ Korean: 이리의 Macedonian: волчешки Macedonian: волчји Malay: serigala Occitan: lupin Occitan: alobatit Occitan: alobit Polish: wilczy Romanian: lupesc Russian: во́лчий Serbo-Croatian: ву̏чјӣ Serbo-Croatian: vȕčjī Slovak: vlčí Slovene: volčji Spanish: lobuno Ukrainian: во́вчий Esperanto: lupa
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