bestie
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bestie (plural besties)
- (informal, chiefly women's speech) best friend
- 2007, Brigid Lowry, Things You Either Hate Or Love:
- You're supposed to be my bestie, Mel. We used to tell each other everything. So what's this Toby secret you can't tell me?
- 2008, Julie Kraut, Shallon Lester, Hot Mess: Summer in the City:
- Even back then, a party just wasn't a party without my bestie, and I was miserable for the last eight frames.
- 2009, Keleigh Crigler Hadley, Preacher:
- On the way home, I got a joke text from my bestie.
- (informal, chiefly women's speech) best friend; A term of address for someone, usually used to instruct, to make a statement, or to draw attention.
- (informal, chiefly women's speech) friend (any in general)
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- → Tagalog: beshie
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bestie f
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From German Bestie, from Latin bēstia (“beast”).
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bestie n (singular definite bestiet, plural indefinite bestier)
- beast (a cruel and violent being or creature)
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Declension of bestie
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bestie | bestiet | bestier | bestierne |
genitive | besties | bestiets | bestiers | bestiernes |
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bestie f
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bestie
- nominative plural of bestia
- accusative plural of bestia
- vocative plural of bestia
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Borrowed from Italian bestia, Latin bēstia (19th century).
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bestie f (plural bestii)
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