bestial

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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English bestial, from Old French bestial, from Late Latin bēstiālis, from Latin bēstia (“beast”) (whence English beast).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

bestial (comparative more bestial, superlative most bestial)

  1. (literally and figuratively) Beast-like
    • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
      Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.
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    • 1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:
      This familiar that I called out of my own soul, and sent forth alone to do his good pleasure, was a being inherently malign and villainous; his every act and thought centered on self; drinking pleasure with bestial avidity from any degree of torture to another; relentless like a man of stone.
    • 1900, Willa Cather, "Eric Hermannson's Soul," Cosmopolitan (April):
      His was a bestial face, a face that bore the stamp of Nature's eternal injustice.
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Etymology 2

From Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "sco-smi" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF., from Middle English bestaile, from Old French bestaille, from Late Latin bēstiālia; later reinforced and remodelled on Middle French bestial, itself from Late Latin bēstiālis.

Noun

Template:en-plural noun

  2. (Scotland, obsolete) Cattle.
    • 1845, The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Forfar, Kincardine (page 94)
      […] much must depend upon the way in which bestial are bought or reared, and the state of the markets when they are sold.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin bēstiālis, from Latin bēstia (“beast”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

bestial (feminine bestiale, masculine plural bestiaux, feminine plural bestiales)

  1. bestial

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin bēstiālis, from Latin bēstia (“beast”).

Adjective

bestial m or f (plural bestiais)

  1. beastly
  2. massive, huge, giant
  3. tremendous, fantastic, awesome

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French bestial, from Late Latin bēstiālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛstiˈaːl/, /ˈbɛstial/, /ˈbɛːstial/

Adjective

bestial

  1. animal (of or pertaining to animals)
  2. physical; non-spiritual (of faculties, knowledge, etc.)
  3. beastly, depraved (lacking human sensibility)
  4. stupid, unlearned

Derived terms

Synonyms

Descendants

  • English: bestial

References

Old French

Etymology

First known attestation circa 1190, borrowed from Latin bēstiālis.

Adjective

bestial m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bestiale)

  1. bestial (of or relating to a beast)

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin bēstiālis, from Latin bēstia (“beast”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /bes.t͡ʃiˈaw/ [bes.t͡ʃɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /besˈt͡ʃjaw/ [besˈt͡ʃjaʊ̯]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /beʃ.t͡ʃiˈaw/ [beʃ.t͡ʃɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /beʃˈt͡ʃjaw/ [beʃˈt͡ʃjaʊ̯]
 

  • Hyphenation: bes‧ti‧al
  • Rhymes: -al, -aw

Adjective

bestial m or f (plural bestiais)

  1. bestial; brutish
  2. beastly
  3. (informal) cool

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bestial, Late Latin bēstiālis, from Latin bēstia (“beast”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

bestial m or n (feminine singular bestială, masculine plural bestiali, feminine and neuter plural bestiale)

  1. bestial, animal
  2. (informal) cool

Usage notes

As indicated by the informal meaning of "cool", this word does not have the same negative connotations as in English.

Declension

Declension of bestial
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite bestial bestială bestiali bestiale
definite bestialul bestiala bestialii bestialele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite bestial bestiale bestiali bestiale
definite bestialului bestialei bestialelor bestialilor

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin bēstiālis, from Latin bēstia (“beast”).

Adjective

bestial m or f (masculine and feminine plural bestiales)

  1. beastly
  2. massive, huge, giant
  3. tremendous, fantastic, awesome

Derived terms

Further reading

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