Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

animalian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-i-malian
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of the kingdom Animalia, which includes humans.

adj

Of an animal or animals, usually including humans but sometimes connoting nonhuman nature.

adj

Like that of an animal or animals, usually including humans but sometimes connoting nonhuman nature.

Example Sentences

"To give an instance from the animalian side of Linnaeus's efforts, he may have classified the swift (Hirundo apus) and the swallow (Hirundo rustica) together because of general similarity … ."
"We stood before the Lord in the high-backed chair, and I saw that the wood figures of his regal throne were, of course, animalian, feline and diabolical."
"He did not look at her because he did not wish to see that deliciously animalian slit of her mouth, naked and red, beneath the white mask that made her eyes look so feline."
"His big hands clutched him about the collar of the suit that had once been fine, and he was shaking him with animalian violence, shoving him[…]."

Etymology

From animal + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: animal

Inflected Forms

more animalian (comparative) most animalian (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

animaloid

Synonyms

animalic bestial beastly animalesque animalian animalish animalistic animal-like brutish

Questions

What does animalian mean?: Of the kingdom Animalia, which includes humans.
Where does animalian come from?: From animal + -ian.

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