What does "bestial" mean?
Bestial: Having the qualities of a beast; brutal; below the dignity of reason or humanity; irrational; carnal; beastly; sensual. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.A domestic animal; also collectively, cattle; as, other kinds of bestial. [Scot.]
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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