Beast
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| - | # <!--DefA--> Any [[animal]] other than a [[human]]; usually only applied to [[vertebrate]]s, sometimes excluding [[bird]]s. | + | No Beast is there without [[glimmer]] of [[infinity]], |
| - | # <!--DefB--> A person who [[behave]]s in a violent, [[antisocial]] or [[uncivilised]] manner. | + | No eye so [[vile]] nor [[abject]] that brushes not<br> |
| + | Against [[lightning]] from on high, now [[tender]], now [[fierce]].<br> | ||
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| + | --Victor Hugo, La Légende des siècles | ||
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| + | Any [[animal]] other than a [[human]]; usually only applied to [[vertebrate]]s, sometimes excluding [[bird]]s. Figuratively, a person who [[behave]]s in a violent, [[antisocial]] or [[uncivilised]] manner. | ||
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No Beast is there without glimmer of infinity,
No eye so vile nor abject that brushes not
Against lightning from on high, now tender, now fierce.
--Victor Hugo, La Légende des siècles
Any animal other than a human; usually only applied to vertebrates, sometimes excluding birds. Figuratively, a person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilised manner.
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