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单词 beaverish
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beaverishadj.

/ˈbiːvərɪʃ/
Etymology: < beaver n.1 + -ish suffix1.
Like a beaver in nature or habit; merely instinctive.
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the mind > mental capacity > intellect > want of intellect > animal nature of man > [adjective]
beastly?c1225
bestiala1398
brutal?1518
brute1535
brutish1555
animal1581
beaverish1850
beaver-like1873
1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets iv. 3 All intellect..will tend to become beaverish.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iv. viii. 473 Irrational man-mountains, of the beaverish or beaverish-vulpine sort.
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