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bestial
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English bestial, from Old French bestial, from Late Latin b?sti?lis, from Latin b?stia (“beast”) (whence English beast).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?s.ti.?l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?b?s.t??l/, /?bis-/
Adjective
bestial (comparative more bestial, superlative most bestial)
- (literally and figuratively) Beast-like
- c. 1604, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act II, Scene 3, [1]
- Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 4, lines 753-4, [2]
- By thee adulterous lust was driven from men /
- Among the bestial herds to range […]
- 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, [3]
- 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.
- c. 1604, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act II, Scene 3, [1]
Synonyms
- beastly
- animalian
Hypernyms
- faunal
Derived terms
- bestiality
- bestialize
- bestialization
Related terms
- beast
- bestiary
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle Scots bestiall, from Middle English bestaile, from Old French bestaille, from Late Latin b?sti?lia; later reinforced and remodelled on Middle French bestial, itself from Late Latin b?sti?lis.
Noun
bestial pl (plural only)
- (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.
- 1845, The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Forfar, Kincardine (page 94)
Anagrams
- Stabile, ableist, albites, astilbe, bastile, libates, stabile
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin b?sti?lis, from Latin b?stia (“beast”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?s.tjal/
- Homophones: bestiale, bestiales
Adjective
bestial (feminine singular bestiale, masculine plural bestiaux, feminine plural bestiales)
- bestial
Related terms
- bête
Further reading
- “bestial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- baliste, établis
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin b?sti?lis, from Latin b?stia (“beast”).
Adjective
bestial m or f (plural bestiais)
- beastly
- massive, huge, giant
- tremendous, fantastic, awesome
Related terms
- bestia
- bestialidade
Middle English
Alternative forms
- beestial, beestyal, bestiall, bestialle, bestyal, bestyall
Etymology
From Old French bestial, from Late Latin b?sti?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?sti?a?l/, /?b?stial/, /?b??stial/
Adjective
bestial
- animal (of or pertaining to animals)
- physical; non-spiritual (of faculties, knowledge, etc.)
- beastly, depraved (lacking human sensibility)
- stupid, unlearned
Synonyms
- beestly (all senses)
Descendants
- English: bestial
References
- “b??sti??l(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French
Etymology
First known attestation circa 1190, borrowed from Latin b?sti?lis.
Adjective
bestial m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bestiale)
- bestial (of or relating to a beast)
Related terms
- beste
Descendants
- English: bestial
- French: bestial
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin b?sti?lis, from Latin b?stia (“beast”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /b???tja?/
- Hyphenation: bes?ti?al
Adjective
bestial m or f (plural bestiais, comparable)
- bestial; brutish
- beastly
Related terms
- besta
- bestalidade
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French bestial, Late Latin b?sti?lis, from Latin b?stia (“beast”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bes.ti?al]
Adjective
bestial m or n (feminine singular bestial?, masculine plural bestiali, feminine and neuter plural bestiale)
- bestial, animal
- (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
Synonyms
- animalic
- feroce
- fioros
- s?lbatic
Related terms
- bestialitate
- bestie
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin b?sti?lis, from Latin b?stia (“beast”).
Adjective
bestial (plural bestiales)
- beastly
- massive, huge, giant
- tremendous, fantastic, awesome
Related terms
- bestia
- bestialidad
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bloodthirsty
English
Etymology
From blood +? thirsty. Cognate with West Frisian bloeddorstich (“bloodthirsty”), Dutch bloeddorstig (“bloodthirsty”), German blutdürstig (“bloodthirsty”), Danish blodtørstig (“bloodthirsty”), Swedish blodtörstig (“bloodthristy”), Norwegian blodtørstig (“bloodthirsty”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?bl?d???sti/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?bl?d???sti/
- Hyphenation: blood?thirsty, blood?thirs?ty
Adjective
bloodthirsty (comparative bloodthirstier or more bloodthirsty, superlative bloodthirstiest or most bloodthirsty)
- Thirsty for blood: inexorably violent or eager for bloodshed; murderous.
- Synonyms: bloodlusty, homicidal, (archaic) murtherous, murderous
- Antonym: unbloodthirsty
- Of a book, film, etc.: depicting much violence; gory, violent.
- (humorous) Of a mosquito, tenaciously seeking to draw blood.
Alternative forms
- blood-thirsty
- bloudthirsty, bloud-thirsty (obsolete)
Derived terms
Translations
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