单词 | bestially |
释义 | † bestiallyadj. Obsolete. rare. Characterized by the unrestrained indulgence of physical or sensual desires or appetites, in a manner regarded as characteristic of an animal; beastly, bestial. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > [adjective] > of or belonging to bestiala1393 brutal?a1500 bestially1532 animalica1676 zoo-organic1821 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccxlvv/1 These lyues ben thorowe names departed in thre maner of kyndes, as bestiallyche, manlyche, and resonablyche. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021). bestiallyadv. In the manner of a beast; brutishly, brutally. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > [adverb] bestially?a1439 beastily1698 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [adverb] > animal sensuality beastlyc1390 bestially?a1439 beastlywise1440 beast-like1604 doggishly1928 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ii. l. 3493 He drank the blood Off a bole, sauagyne and wood, With loue eschaufid [emended in ed. to enchaufid]..Most bestiali eendid thus his daies. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 15626 (MED) I blynde ffolkys off al Resoun..I cause hem that they may nat se But bestyally in ther degre. c1535 M. Nisbet New Test. in Scots (1901) I. Prol. 16 Thai are sik as synnis beastyally aganiss nature. 1640 Case Ship Money 23 Why the French Pesants are so beggarly, wretched, and bestially used. 1679 J. Smith Let. 19 Aug. in R. Jenison Narr. Popish Plot 48 How inhumanely and beastially..they dyed. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Bestially, brutally; in a manner below humanity. 1841 Tait's Edinb. Mag. July 413 No courtship could be closed with a lover so bestially disfigured. 1929 R. Hughes High Wind in Jamaica ix. 240 Rum appeared: and for the first time since the encounter with the Dutch steamer all the sailors got bestially drunk. 2018 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 19 May (Final ed.) a15 People can act bestially, and can be faulted for it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1532adv.?a1439 |
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