beastishadj.

Brit.

/ˈbiːstɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈbistɪʃ/

Forms: Middle English bestissche, 1500s beestysshe, 1500s bestyssh, 1500s– beastish.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: beast n., -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < beast n. + -ish suffix¹. Compare earlier beastly adj.

Now rare.

Resembling or characteristic of a beast (in various senses of beast n.); brutish or bestial. Cf. beast-like adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [adjective] > animal nature in man

beastlyc1225

beastisha1398

bestiala1398

beast-like1526

brutala1533

brutish1567

animal1581

doggish1594

belluine1618

ferine1640

animalizing1825

animalized1827

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. iii. i. 90 Þe propirtes of man schulde be þe more opunliche iknowe to bestissche men and simple.

1506 Thordynarye of Crysten Men (new ed.) i. iii. sig. Cii Beestysshe, deuyllysshe and worldly..be they.

1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 19 Els it [sc. marriage] would be but a kind of animal or beastish meeting.

1664 Floddan Field iii. 32 The chief renown eke of your child, Your beastish acts should clear outblot.

1895 J. H. Tilden Cursed before Birth xvii. 201 Most husbands..are so beastish as to exhaust the vital force of the mother by such frequent assaults.

1923 A. Huxley On Margin 206 Human beings..he takes as he finds, noble and beastish, but..decent.

1935 E. R. Haddon Mistress (1967) xix. 337 He, upon sight of such a beastish act against a lady, was as if taken in berserk-gang.

2020 K. Roiphe Power Notebooks 43 He is beastish, about five feet tall, teddy bear shaped, bad teeth, bad skin.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	beastish
释义	beastishadj. Brit. /ˈbiːstɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈbistɪʃ/ Forms: Middle English bestissche, 1500s beestysshe, 1500s bestyssh, 1500s– beastish. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: beast n., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < beast n. + -ish suffix¹. Compare earlier beastly adj. Now rare. Resembling or characteristic of a beast (in various senses of beast n.); brutish or bestial. Cf. beast-like adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [adjective] > animal nature in man beastlyc1225 beastisha1398 bestiala1398 beast-like1526 brutala1533 brutish1567 animal1581 doggish1594 belluine1618 ferine1640 animalizing1825 animalized1827 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. iii. i. 90 Þe propirtes of man schulde be þe more opunliche iknowe to bestissche men and simple. 1506 Thordynarye of Crysten Men (new ed.) i. iii. sig. Cii Beestysshe, deuyllysshe and worldly..be they. 1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 19 Els it [sc. marriage] would be but a kind of animal or beastish meeting. 1664 Floddan Field iii. 32 The chief renown eke of your child, Your beastish acts should clear outblot. 1895 J. H. Tilden Cursed before Birth xvii. 201 Most husbands..are so beastish as to exhaust the vital force of the mother by such frequent assaults. 1923 A. Huxley On Margin 206 Human beings..he takes as he finds, noble and beastish, but..decent. 1935 E. R. Haddon Mistress (1967) xix. 337 He, upon sight of such a beastish act against a lady, was as if taken in berserk-gang. 2020 K. Roiphe Power Notebooks 43 He is beastish, about five feet tall, teddy bear shaped, bad teeth, bad skin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1398
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