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bestial(2)(dictionary)
bestial(dictionary)

Ninevite (iou) and bestial(2) (iou)


Ninevite (iou)



Ninevite noun. M16.
[ecclesiastical Latin Ninivitae (pl.), from Ninive Nineveh: see -ITE1.]
A native or inhabitant of the ancient city of Nineveh, capital of Assyria from the reign of Sennacherib (704-681 BC) until its sack in 612 BC.

bestial(2) (iou)



bestial noun. Long obsolete exc. Scot. ME.
[Partly from Old French bestial from medieval Latin bestiale use as noun of neut. sing. of late Latin bestialis (see BESTIAL adjective); partly (Middle English forms) from Old French bestaille from medieval Latin bestialia neut. pl. of bestialis.]
collect. Farm and domestic animals; cattle. ME.
A single beast. LME.