BEAST: значение слова

noun
Etymology: Middle English beste, from Anglo-French, from Latin bestia
Date: 13th century


1. a four-footed mammal as distinguished from a human being, a lower vertebrate, and an invertebrate, a lower animal as distinguished from a human being, an animal as distinguished from a plant, an animal under human control, a contemptible person, something formidably difficult to control or deal with