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beastlyhead

beastlyhead noun: the character or quality of a beast; beastliness.

Noun

beastlyhead (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The character or quality of a beast; beastliness.
    • Sicke, sicke, alas! and little lack of dead, / But I be relieved by your beastlyhead.1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “May. Ægloga Quinta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC

Origin of beastlyhead

From beastly + -head (“-hood”).

Questions about beastlyhead

What does beastlyhead mean?
Beastlyhead means the character or quality of a beast; beastliness.
What part of speech is beastlyhead?
Beastlyhead is a noun.

Words near beastlyhead in the dictionary

  1. beastlinesses
  2. beastling
  3. beastlings
  4. beastly
  5. beastly careless
  6. beastlyhead
  7. beastman
  8. beastmaster
  9. beastmasters
  10. beastmen
  11. beastmistress

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