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English
Etymology
As beluine, the final -e (used to lengthen the preceding i, likewise long in the Latin etymon) omitted.
Adjective
beluin (comparative more beluin, superlative most beluin)
- Obsolete spelling of belluine.
1647 May 15 (Gregorian calendar), James Howell, “XV. To Sir K. D. at Paris.”, in A Third Volume of Familiar Letters of a Fresher Date. , 3rd edition, volume III, London: Humphrey Mosley, , published 1655, →OCLC, section, page 25:[H]ad you ſtaid, you would have taken but little comfort in your life, in regard that ever ſince ther have bin the fearfulleſt diſtractions here that ever happen'd upon any part of the earth, a Beluin kind of immanity never rag'd ſo among men, inſomuch that the whole Countrey might have taken its appellation from the ſmalleſt part thereof, and be call'd the Iſle of Dogs; for all humanity, common honeſty, and that Manſuetude with other Moral Civilities which ſhould diſtinguiſh the rational Creature from other Animals, have been loſt here a good while; […]
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