Definition of bestiality noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bestiality

noun

/ˌbestiˈæləti/

/ˌbestʃiˈæləti/

[uncountable]

(specialist) sexual activity between a human and an animal

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(formal) cruel or horrible behaviour
- the sheer bestiality of these crimes

Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French bestialite, from bestial from late Latin bestialis, from Latin bestia ‘beast’.

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