belluine

== English == === 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”)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɛljuˌaɪn/ Hyphenation: bel‧lu‧ine === Adjective === belluine (comparative more belluine, superlative most belluine) (obsolete) Of, characteristic of, or pertaining to beasts; animal, bestial; brutal. Synonyms: animalistic, beastly ==== Alternative forms ==== beluin (obsolete, 17th c.) beluine ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== === Anagrams === Blue Nile, Nile blue, blue line, blueline, line-blue == Italian == === Adjective === belluine feminine plural of belluino == Latin == === Adjective === bēlluīne vocative masculine singular of bēlluīnus