Definitions for bestiary

bestiary bes·ti·ar·y

Spelling: [bes-chee-er-ee, bees-]
IPA: /ˈbɛs tʃiˌɛr i, ˈbis-/

Bestiary is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 444 anagrams from letters in bestiary (abeirsty).

Definitions for bestiary

noun

  1. a collection of moralized fables, especially as written in the Middle Ages, about actual or mythical animals.

Origin of bestiary

1615-25; Medieval Latin bēstiārium, neuter of Latin bēstiārius. See beast, -ary

Examples for bestiary

For the structure of this verse, see p. 327; the following is a restoration and scansion of the passages in the bestiary.

The author of the bestiary was acquainted with one or both of these.

This theme is found in the Physiologus, a 256 medieval bestiary.

A bestiary of the beginning of the thirteenth century, enriched with many very curious paintings upon a ground of brilliant gold.

bestiary, a name given to a class of books treating of animals, viewed allegorically.

Word Value for bestiary
Scrable

13

Words with friends

13

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