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Definition: Bestiality |
BestialityNoun1. Sexual activity between a person and an animal. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bestiality" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1808. (references) |
Synonyms: BestialitySynonyms: zooerastia (n), zooerasty (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: beastliness (medicine). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Lassie, in response to the bestiality rumors circulating about you, I have decided to forgo calling you by the usual girl's name, and instead I am going to refer to you as whatever famous dog I can think of. I have gone with Lassie because of course it satisfies the criteria of being both a girl's and a dog's name, thus helping you to ease into the transition (Scrubs; writing credit: Gabrielle Allan; Janae Bakken) I committed bestiality! (Upright Citizens Brigade; writing credit: Matt Besser; Armando Daz) | |
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He twisted his features into a grimace of heavy bestiality and made a lapping noise with his lips. |
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| "Bestiality" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bestiality" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 20 | 78,262 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "bestiality"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | brutalitet (barbarity, brutality), shtazëri, egërsi (atrocity, callousness, cruelty, ferocity, fierceness, furiosity, fury, ill-treatment, inclemency, rabidity, rabies, savagery, truculence, virulence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الوحشية (savagery), البهيمية (beastliness), بهيمية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | скотщина, бруталност (brutality, roughness, ruffianism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | bestialita (beastliness, buggery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | eläimellisyys (brutality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | brutalité, bestialité (beastliness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | bestialität. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κτηνωδία (animalism, atrocity, beastliness, brutality, brutishness, ruffianism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | állatiasság (brutality, brutishness, inhumanity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kebinatangan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | brutalit (brutalities, brutality, rowdyism, ruffianism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 獣姦 (sodomy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | じゅうか" (running through, serious illness, sodomy, traversal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | geddyn marish beiyn, cannooid er beiyn, beishtaght (beastliness, brutishness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | estialitybay bestialidade (atrocity, beastliness). (various references) bestialitate. (various references) скотоложство, содомия (buggery, sodomy), распущенность (debauchery, laxity, licence, license, licentiousness, rakishness). (various references) zverstvo (atrocity, beastliness, brutality), sodomija (buggery, sodomy). (various references) bestialidad (beastliness, brutishness). (various references) bestialitet, tidelag, grymhet (atrocity, barbarity, cruelty, ferocity, savagery). (various references) การสมสู่ระหว่างมนุษย์และสัตว์. (various references) vahşilik (brutality, brutishness, ferocity, heathenism, savageness, savagery, wildness), hayvanlarla cinsel ilişkiye girme, canavarlık (atrocity, monstrosity). (various references) свинство (beastliness, piggery, piggishness), содомія (buggery). (various references) thú tính h nh động thú tính. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Bestiality" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: beastiality, beatiality, bestaility, bestality, bestialit, bestialkity, bestiatlity, betalite. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "bestiality" (pronounced beskha"lutē) |
| 5 | -a" l u t ē | abnormality, actuality, banality, bisexuality, brutality, causality, centrality, collegiality, commonality, conditionality, confidentiality, congeniality, constitutionality, criminality, criticality, cyclicality, dimensionality, duality, eventuality, extraterritoriality, fatality, finality, formality, frugality, functionality, generality, geniality, heterosexuality, homosexuality, hospitality, illegality, immorality, immortality, impartiality, impersonality, individuality, informality, instrumentality, irrationality, legality, lethality, liberality, locality, materiality, mentality, modality, morality, mortality, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, neutrality, normality, originality, partiality, personality, plurality, practicality, principality, proportionality, punctuality, rationality, reality, sensuality, sentimentality, sexuality, speciality, spirituality, technicality, theatricality, tonality, totality, triviality, universality, unreality, venality, vitality. |
| 4 | -l u t ē | ability, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, adaptability, admissibility, advisability, affordability, agility, amiability, applicability, availability, believability, capability, civility, comparability, compatibility, comprehensibility, convertibility, credibility, credulity, culpability, debility, deductibility, deniability, dependability, desirability, disability, docility, ductility, durability, electability, eligibility, enforceability, equality, facility, fallibility, feasibility, fertility, fidelity, flammability, flexibility, fragility, frivolity, futility, gentility, gullibility, hostility, humility, immobility, impossibility, inability, inaccessibility, incivility, incompatibility, incredulity, indestructibility, inequality, inevitability, infallibility, infertility, infidelity, inflexibility, instability, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irresponsibility, irritability, legibility, liability, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, miscibility, mobility, motility, nobility, nonutility, palatability, permeability, plausibility, polity, portability, possibility, predictability, probability, profitability, quality, readability, reliability, respectability, responsibility, seasonality, senility, sensibility, stability, sterility, suitability, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, tranquility, transferability, unavailability, unpredictability, unreliability, utility, variability, versatility, viability, virility, visibility, volatility, vulnerability. |
| 3 | -u t ē | absurdity, acidity, activity, acuity, adversity, affinity, aggressivity, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, barbarity, biodiversity, brevity, calamity, capacity, captivity, cavity, celebrity, charity, chastity, clarity, commodity, community, complexity, complicity, conductivity, conformity, congruity, connectivity, continuity, creativity, crotchety, curiosity, deformity, deity, density, depravity, deputy, dexterity, dignity, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, domesticity, duplicity, eccentricity, elasticity, electricity, enmity, enormity, entity, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, exclusivity, expressivity, extremity, falsity, familiarity, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, festivity, fluidity, fraternity, generosity, gratuity, gravity, heredity, heterogeneity, hilarity, homogeneity, humanity, humidity, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illiquidity, immaturity, immunity, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inactivity, incapacity, incongruity, indemnity, indignity, inequity, inferiority, infinity, infirmity, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, insularity, integrity, intensity, irregularity, laity, laxity, levity, liquidity, lividity, longevity, majority, masculinity, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, minority, modernity, monstrosity, morbidity, multiplicity, nativity, necessity, negativity, Nonconformity, nonentity, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, overcapacity, oversensitivity, parity, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, perpetuity, perplexity, perversity, piety, polarity, pomposity, popularity, posterity, priority, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, purity, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, reactivity, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, religiosity, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, security, selectivity, seniority, sensitivity, serendipity, serenity, severity, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, specificity, spontaneity, stupidity, subjectivity, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, temerity, tenacity, timidity, toxicity, Trinity, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, university, unpopularity, uppity, validity, vanity, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, veracity, Verity, vicinity, virginity, virtuosity, viscosity, voracity, vulgarity. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-i-l-s-t-t-y" | |
-1 letter: stability. | |
-2 letters: sibilate, stilbite. | |
-3 letters: ability, albites, alibies, astilbe, baileys, bailies, bastile, batiste, battles, beastly, bestial, bialies, bistate, blastie, elitist, laities, satiety, stabile, stately, stibial, stylate, stylite, tablets, tastily, testily. | |
-4 letters: ablest, abseil, albeit, albite, alibis, bailey, bailie, basely, battle, belays, bettas, bialis, bialys, blasty, bleats, blites, easily, latest, lattes, liaise, lysate, lyttae, lyttas. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-i-l-s-t-t-y" | |
+1 letter: testability. | |
+3 letters: metastability, overstability, resectability, sinterability. | |
+4 letters: exhaustibility, presentability, respectability, stretchability. | |
+5 letters: demonstrability, disreputability, thermostability, transferability. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 65 73 74 69 61 6C 69 74 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... . ... - .. .- .-.. .. - -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100101 01110011 01110100 01101001 01100001 01101100 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B e s t i a l i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0065 0073 0074 0069 0061 006C 0069 0074 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36718586756778758691 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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