BESTIAL

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Belonging to a beast, or to the class of beasts. Among the bestial herds to range. Milton.

2.
a.

Having the qualities of a beast; brutal; below the dignity of reason or humanity; irrational; carnal; beastly; sensual. Shak.

3.
n.

A domestic animal; also collectively, cattle; as, other kinds of bestial. [Scot.]


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