Толковый словарь английского языка - creature
Creature
creature
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin creatura, from Latin creatus, past participle of creare Date: 14th century something created either animate or inanimate: as, a lower animal, a human being, a being of anomalous or uncertain aspect or nature , one that is the servile dependent or tool of another ; instrument , creatural adjective ~hood noun ~liness noun ~ly adjective
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n. 1 a an animal, as distinct from a human being. b any living being (we are all God's creatures). 2 a person of a specified kind (poor creature). 3 a person owing status to and obsequiously subservient to another. 4 anything created; a creation. Phrases and idioms creature comforts material comforts such as good food, warmth, etc. creature of habit a person set in an unvarying routine. Derivatives creaturely adj. Etymology: ME f. OF f. LL creatura (as CREATE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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