单词 | unbeast |
释义 | † unbeastn. northern and Scottish. Obsolete. A wild beast; a monster; a ravenous or vile animal. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by nature > [noun] > wild animal wild deerc825 wildc1275 Satanasc1300 wild beastc1325 unbeasta1400 savage?a1425 feral1639 man-keen1652 yelper1823 wildling1841 tiger1859 rogue1872 ferine1895 wilding1897 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 19859 Quen petre þais vnbestes sagh, O þaim þan thoght him mikel agh. c1400 Destr. Troy 7766 He auntrid on this Vnbest angardly fast. c1480 (a1400) St. Mary Magdalen 502 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 270 Pytuisly þe prince can pray, þat [þai] hyr kest nocht in þe se, met til vnbestis to be. a1585 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 258 (Tullibardine) Bot this bargane, vnbeist, deir sall þou by it. 1629 Z. Boyd Last Battell Soule (new ed.) i. 47 Fye upon barnes, a nest for myce and rattons. Would yee desire to liue for to enjoye the leauinges of vnbeastes? 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 8 Has the onbeast your lambie taen awa'? 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 18. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. at Onbeast Unbeist,..a noxious member of human society; Ang[us]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020). unbeastv. (un- prefix2 1d(b).) ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > make civilized [verb (transitive)] civil1584 civilize1595 reclaim1603 unbeast1611 dissavage1631 unbarbarize1648 unbrute1670 disbarbarize1803 unbrutify1812 debarbarize1823 snivelize1849 unbrutalize1852 the world > time > change > change [verb (transitive)] > modify > appearance disfigure?c1370 disguise1393 unbeast1611 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Disbestiare, to vnbeast, to vnrude. 1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis ii. 46 Let him vnbeast the beast..and her proud shape restore. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.a1400v.1611 |
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