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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

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

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

Synonyms: Brutish; beastly; brutal; carnal; vile; low; depraved; sensual; filthy.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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