bestial
/ˈbestʃəl/BES-chuhl
/ˈbɛstʃəl/BES-chuhl
Meaningbeastly
Common meaning: beastlike
Other meanings: brutish
- bestia wild animalLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 234 · scan
- aladjective ending: relating to
Journey through time
- Latinbestia, -ae‘a wild animal’
- Englishbestial‘beastlike’ · today
besti also in: bestiary
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin bestia ‘a wild animal’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry bestia, p. 234 · dictionary scan
Roots
- bestia, -ae Latin “a wild animal”
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