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beast

   [beest]
noun
1.
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
2.
the crude animal nature common to humans and the lower animals: Hunger brought out the beast in him.
3.
a cruel, coarse, filthy, or otherwise beastlike person.
4.
a live creature, as distinguished from a plant: What manner of beast is this?
5.
the beast, the Antichrist. Rev. 13:18.
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English be(e)ste < Old French beste (French bête) < Latin bēstia

Related forms
beast·like, adjective

Synonyms
1. See animal. 3. cad, swine, pig, brute, savage, ogre, monster, barbarian.

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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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Word Origin & History

beast
early 13c., from O.Fr. beste (11c., Mod.Fr. bête) "animal, wild beast," figuratively "fool, idiot;" from L. bestia "beast, wild animal," of unknown origin. replacing O.E. deor (see deer) as the generic word for "wild creature," only to be ousted 16c. by animal.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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beast definition


  1. n.
    an ugly person. : That beast should give the monkey back its face before the poor creature bumps into something.
  2. n.
    a crude, violent, or sexually aggressive male; an animal. : Oh, Martin, you're such a beast!
  3. n.
    liquor. : Pour me some more of that beast.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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