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- [bes-chee-er-ee, bees-]
- /ˈbɛs tʃiˌɛr i, ˈbis-/
- /ˈbes.ti.ə.ri/
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- [bes-chee-er-ee, bees-]
- /ˈbɛs tʃiˌɛr i, ˈbis-/
Definitions of bestiary word
- noun bestiary a moralizing medieval collection of descriptions (and often illustrations) of real and mythical animals 3
- noun bestiary a type of medieval natural history book with descriptions and moralistic and religious interpretations of actual and mythical animals 3
- noun plural bestiary a collection of moralized fables, especially as written in the Middle Ages, about actual or mythical animals. 1
- noun bestiary book of beasts or animals 1
- noun bestiary A medieval treatise of various real or imaginary animals. 0
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Origin of bestiary
First appearance:
before 1615 One of the 41% oldest English words
1615-25; < Medieval Latin bēstiārium, neuter of Latin bēstiārius. See beast, -ary
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Parts of speech for Bestiary
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bestiary popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
bestiary usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bestiary
noun bestiary
- parable — a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.
- myth — a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.
- yarn — thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
- fiction — works of this class, as novels or short stories: detective fiction.
- tale — a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story: a tale about Lincoln's dog.
Antonyms for bestiary
noun bestiary
- non-fiction — the branch of literature comprising works of narrative prose dealing with or offering opinions or conjectures upon facts and reality, including biography, history, and the essay (opposed to fiction and distinguished from poetry and drama).
- truth — the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.
- sense — any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body: My sense of smell tells me that dinner is ready.
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