† belluineadj.
Obsolete.
Pertaining to or characteristic of beasts; brutal.
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1618 G. Mynshul Ess. Prison 35 Barbarous cruelty is a Belluine quality.
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi vii. vi. 53/2 The Dying Beast, with a Belluine Rage, got such hold on his Head.
1707 tr. Athenagoras Concerning Resurrection of Dead in F. Atterbury Serm. (1751) II. Pref. 28 At this rate the animal and belluine life would be the best.
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