bestiality

[From Fr. bestial ité. In Dan. best i ale tet; Sp. best i alidad; Port. besti alidade.] 1. The quality of being a beast or acting like one. "What can be a greater absurdity, than to affirm bestiality to be the e ence of humanity, and darkne the centre of light?"- Arbuthnot & Pope: Mart. Scrib. 2. Spec.: Unnatural connection with a beast. "Thus fornications, incest, rape, and even bestiality , were sanctified by the the amours of Jupiter, Pan, Mars, Venus, and Apollo,"-Goldsmith: E ay xiv.