Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Beastly; pertaining to or characteristic of beasts; brutal: as, “animal and belluine life,”
- In zoology, of or pertaining to the Belluæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Pertaining to, or like, a beast; brutal.
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- adjective Of,
pertaining to, orcharacteristic ofbeasts ;bestial ;brutal ;animal .
Etymologies
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From the Latin belluīnus, an alternative spelling of bēluīnus, whence the English beluine.
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Examples
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We are coming to a period when it is not merely to be a scramble of fierce and belluine passions in the strife for power and ambition.
History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Matilda Joslyn Gage 1862
jinglebelljosie commented on the word belluine
adj. like a beast; brutal and beastly
October 23, 2008