† bestiousadj.

Forms: late Middle English beestious, 1500s bestyous.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin bēstia , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin bēstia beast n. + -ous suffix.

Obsolete.

Resembling a beast; monstrous.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by habitat > [adjective] > aquatic > marine > beast-like

bestiousa1500

a1500 Let. Alexander l. 141 in Mediaeval Stud. (1979) 41 123 I wist bi the buystous and beestious serpentyne places to be to vs a straunge iorney, and nat vnavised and vnprudently to be compassed aboute in sodayne peril, lest wee wern shamed.

1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 67 Then came fro the Yrishe sea, A bestyous [c1475 Harl. beestish] fyshe.

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

单词	bestious
释义	† bestiousadj. Forms: late Middle English beestious, 1500s bestyous. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin bēstia , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin bēstia beast n. + -ous suffix. Obsolete. Resembling a beast; monstrous. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habitat > [adjective] > aquatic > marine > beast-like bestiousa1500 a1500 Let. Alexander l. 141 in Mediaeval Stud. (1979) 41 123 I wist bi the buystous and beestious serpentyne places to be to vs a straunge iorney, and nat vnavised and vnprudently to be compassed aboute in sodayne peril, lest wee wern shamed. 1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 67 Then came fro the Yrishe sea, A bestyous [c1475 Harl. beestish] fyshe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1500
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