lupine
9 synonyms for lupine, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Like a wolf in every way; wolfish.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lupīnus, itself formed from lupus (“wolf”) and -īnus (“pertaining to”). It is a doublet of lupin, and a piecewise doublet of wolven, since Latin lupus is a cognate of wolf and -ine is a doublet of -en.
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