unbeast

English

Etymology 1

From un- (“not”) +‎ beast.

Noun

unbeast (plural unbeasts)

1. Something which might be mistaken for, but which is not, a beast.
   • 2010 December 7, Alison Croggon, The Crow: The Third Book of Pellinor, Candlewick Press, →ISBN, page 321:

     That was no beast, said Irc scornfully into his mind. That was an unbeast. Twisty and nasty. Keep your eye out for more, Hem said.

   • 2013 February 8, Wayne T. Williams, Kissing the Hand of the Dead, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 144:

     We don't deserve the epitaph of "Beasts," for the natural beasts learned a long time ago what harmony in their ecosystems was. We are the plastic unbeasts called men. We kill our own flesh for spiritual reasons cloaked in patriotism. Were has our own animal gone? Are we so intellectually trapped that only didactic philosophies are left?

Etymology 2

un- +‎ beast

Verb

unbeast (third-person singular simple present unbeasts, present participle unbeasting, simple past and past participle unbeasted)

1. (rare, transitive) To get rid of the beastly form or nature of.

References

• “unbeat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• batunes, butanes