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bestwić

//ˈbɛs.tfit͡ɕ/ | /ˈbɛs.tfit͡ɕ/ | /ˈbɛs.tfit͡ɕ//
Polishverb

Definitions

  1. 1.
    to scare, to scare away; to startle
  2. 2.
    to work up (to make proud or arrogant)
  3. 3.
    to become worked up, to become aroused
  4. 4.
    to become depraved, to become demoralized
  5. 5.
    obsoleteto incite, to work up (to bring to a state of being angry)
  6. 6.
    obsoleteto work up, to arouse (to evoke lust)
  7. 7.
    dialectalobsoleteto torment, to mistreat
  8. 8.
    obsoleteto become angry; to become wild, to become feral; to become worked up

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Etymology

From bestia + -ić under influence of pastwić. Bańkowski suggests a derivation of *biestwo + -ić, from bies + -stwo and a dialectal hardening of b. First attested in 1577.

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