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beastial

beastial is the obsolete form of bestial.

Meaning of bestial

Adjective

bestial (comparative more bestial, superlative most bestial)

  1. (figuratively, literally) Beast-like.
    • Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

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Forms of beastial

comparativemore beastial
superlativemost beastial

Questions about beastial

What is beastial the obsolete form of?
Beastial is the obsolete form of bestial.

Words near beastial in the dictionary

  1. beastfull
  2. beastfully
  3. beastfulness
  4. beasthood
  5. beasthoods
  6. beastial
  7. beastiality
  8. beastie
  9. beasties
  10. beastification
  11. beastified

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