beest
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English bēst, biest, beost, bist, from Old English bist; equivalent to be + -est. Compare West Frisian bist, German bist.
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Verb edit
beest
- (archaic) second-person singular present indicative or subjunctive of be
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
- Stephano! if thou beest Stephano, touch me, and speake to me: for I am Trinculo; be not afeard, thy good friend Trinculo.
- a. 1631 (date written), J[ohn] Donne, “The Baite”, in Poems, […] with Elegies on the Authors Death, London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Iohn Marriot, […], published 1633, →OCLC:
- If thou, to be so seene, beest loath, / By Sunne, or Moone, thou darknest both […].
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English beest. See beestings.
Noun edit
beest (plural beests)
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch beeste, from beste, from Old French beste, from Latin bēstia.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
beest n (plural beesten, diminutive beestje n)
- An animal, a beast.
- Er zit een beestje in m'n soep.
- There is a bug in my soup.
- An animal kept as livestock, a head.
- (figurative) A cruel, wild, uncivilised, uninhibited or brutal person.
- De folteraars van de grenspolitie waren sadistische beesten.
- The torturers of the border police were sadistic beasts.
- Ze is een beest.
- She's a beast in bed.
Usage notes edit
- Beest has a somewhat negative (or at least savage) connotation, whereas dier is neutral.
- In compounds, beest can have the meaning “someone who enjoys an activity”; compare English animal in party animal and also beast.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: bees
- Jersey Dutch: bêst, beîśe
- Negerhollands: beest
- → Papiamentu: bichi
- → Sranan Tongo: beist
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Noun edit
beest
- Alternative form of beeste
West Frisian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
beest n (plural beesten, diminutive beestje or beestke)
- Alternative form of bist
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