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animal

noun
/ˈæn.ɪ.məl/US/æ.nɪ.məl/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos Proto-Italic *anamos Latin animus Latin anima Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin animālis Latin animalder. Old French animalbor. Middle English animal English animal From Middle English animal, from Old French animal, from Latin animal, a nominal use of the adjective form animāle, neuter of animālis, from anima (“breath, spirit”). Displaced native Middle English deor, der (“animal”) (whence modern English deer; from Old English dēor (“animal”)), Middle English reother (“animal, neat”) (whence modern English rother; from Old English hrīþer, hrȳþer (“neat, ox”)).

  1. derived from animal
  2. derived from animal
  3. inherited from animal

Definitions

  1. A multicellular organism of the kingdom Animalia that is usually mobile, with cells that…

    A multicellular organism of the kingdom Animalia that is usually mobile, with cells that are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants and fungi) and derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms.

    • Near-synonym: critter
    • Humans, like other animals, need air to breathe and food to eat.

  2. Any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.

  3. A higher animal

    A higher animal; an animal related to humans.

    • When he's hungry my toddler opens his mouth like an animal instead of asking us to feed him.
  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. A person who behaves wildly

      A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.

      • My students are animals.
      • Own me, I'll let you play the role I'll be your animal
      • She speculated that things could deteriorate later: “I think they’re scared of the English, which is fair; we are animals.”

    2. A person of a particular type specified by an adjective.

      • He's a political animal.

    3. Matter, thing.

      • a whole different animal
      • no such animal

    4. Of or relating to animals.

      • animal instincts
      • The season has been most unfavourable to animal life; and I, who am merely animal, have suffered much by it.
      • […]—according to Sanssure, Abbé Fortis, Bruckenman, Jameson, Dr. Richardson, &c. &c. both animal and vegetal remains have been detected in Basalt and Wacke.

    5. Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.

      • animal passions
      • But the line also distills pop culture’s big commandment about sex to its animal essence: If you’re not screwing somebody, you’re nobody.

    6. Pertaining to the spirit or soul

      Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation.

      • To explain what activated the flesh, ‘animal spirits’ were posited, superfine fluids which shuttled between the mind and the vitals, conveying messages and motion.

    7. Excellent.

    8. A nickname given to people, especially wild people.

    9. A fan of Kesha, an American singer.

      • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Animal.

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for animal. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA