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belluine

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɛljuˌaɪn/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

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adj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: animalistic, beastly

Antonyms: none provided

History

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”)).

Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Italian: belluino — of, characteristic of, or pertaining to beasts — see also bestial
  • Latin: bēluīnus — of, characteristic of, or pertaining to beasts — see also bestial