单词 | bestial |
释义 | bestial —bestially, adv. /bes"cheuhl, bees"-/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or having the form of a beast: the belief that a person could assume bestial form after death; the bestial signs of the zodiac. 2. without reason or intelligence; brutal; inhuman: bestial treatment of prisoners. 3. beastlike in gratifying one's sensual desires; carnal; debased. [1350-1400; ME ( < AF) < LL bestialis (L besti(a) BEAST + -alis -AL1)] |
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