Blatant Beast
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
In Spenser's Faerie Queene "a dreadful fiend of gods and men, ydrad"; the type of calumny or slander.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Blatant Beast” mean?
In Spenser's Faerie Queene "a dreadful fiend of gods and men, ydrad"; the type of calumny or slander.
Is “Blatant Beast” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.