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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BESTIAL'ITY, n. The quality of beasts; the state or manners of man which resemble those of brutes.
1. Unnatural connection with a beast.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the stupid brutal quality of a beast
2: sexual activity between a person and an animal [syn: bestiality, zooerastia, zooerasty]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -ties) Date: 14th century 1. the condition or status of a lower animal 2. display or gratification of bestial traits or impulses 3. sexual relations between a human being and a lower animal

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) 1 bestial behaviour or an instance of this. 2 sexual intercourse between a person and an animal. Etymology: F bestialité (as BESTIAL)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bestiality Bes*tial"i*ty, n. [F. bestialit['e].] 1. The state or quality of being bestial. 2. Unnatural connection with a beast.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Bestiality is disgusting behaviour. (FORMAL) It is shocking that humans can behave with such bestiality towards others. 2. Bestiality is sexual activity in which a person has sex with an animal.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

bes-ti-al'-i-ti.

See CRIMES.

Moby Thesaurus

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