lupine

taxidermy wolf (Canis lupus lupus) in a lupine pose

Borrowed from Latin lupīnus, from lupus (“wolf”). Piecewise doublet of wolven, Latin lupus being a cognate of wolf and -ine being a doublet of -en.

• IPA^(key): /ˈluː.paɪn/

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• Hyphenation: lu‧pine
• Rhymes: -uːpaɪn

lupine (comparative more lupine, superlative most lupine)

1. Of, or pertaining to, the wolf.
2. Wolflike; wolfish.
3. Having the characteristics of a wolf.
4. Ravenous.

   Synonyms: gluttonous, insatiable, rapacious; see also Thesaurus:voracious

• canine
• vulpine

See lupin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈluː.pɪn/

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a lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus)

lupine (plural lupines)

1. North American English form of lupin (any plant of the genus Lupinus; an edible legume seed of one of these plants).

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• Lupien, line up, line-up, lineup, pinule, unpile, up line, up-line, upline

lupīne

1. vocative singular of lupīnus