Neuter
beest
Meaning
- (neuter) An animal, a beast.
- (neuter) An animal kept as livestock, a head.
- (figuratively, neuter) A cruel, wild, uncivilised, uninhibited or brutal person.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/beːst/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch beeste, from beste, from Old French beste, from Latin bēstia.
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