Meaning

1 senses

  1. (Scotland, obsolete, plural, plural only)Cattle.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. War is a disgusting relic of humanity's bestial past.

    ruВойна — отвратительный пережиток звериного прошлого человечества.

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  2. Such are the data that clearly show the bestial face of the colonialists, the essence of their "civilizing" activities in the colonies.

    ruТаковы данные, ясно показывающие звериный лик колонизаторов, суть их "цивилизаторской" деятельности в колониях.

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Origin

From Middle Scots bestiall, from Middle English bestayle, from Old French bestaille, from

From Middle Scots bestiall, from Middle English bestayle, from Old French bestaille, from Late Latin bēstiālia; later reinforced and remodelled on Middle French bestial, itself from Late Latin bēstiālis.

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Forms

plural: bestials
Singularbestial
Pluralbestials

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bestA1bestiebestowB2bestsellerB2
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