beeste
Middle English
/ˈbɛːst(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- An animal or creature living thing in the kingdom Animalia (sometimes including mankind) :
- A creature of evil or malice; a demon, devil, or monster
- A beast; a fantastic or mythological creature of great power.
- A person who is merciless, unforgiving, or ignorant.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French beste derived from Latin bestia.
Origin
Latin
bestia
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beast English
- beastdom English
- beasten English
- beasthood English
- beastie English
- beastify English
- beasting English
- beastish English
- beastkind English
- beastlike English
- beastling English
- beastly English
- beastman English
- beastmaster English
- bebeast English
- cattlebeast English
- hambeast English
- hosebeast English
- merbeast English
- minibeast English
- unbeast English
- werebeast English
- wonderbeast English
- bestia Latin
- bēstia Latin
- bestia Italian
- beist Norwegian Bokmål
- bestialitet Norwegian Bokmål
- beist Norwegian Nynorsk
- bestialitet Norwegian Nynorsk
- beste Old French
- beest Middle Dutch
- beeste Middle Dutch
- baête Norman
- beet Norman
- bête Norman
- beste Middle French
- bēst Middle Low German
- bestia Venetian
- biesse Walloon