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单词 beastlihead
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beastliheadn.

Forms: 1500s beastlyhead, 1600s beastlihed, 1800s beastlihead.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: beastly adj., -head suffix.
Etymology: < beastly adj. + -head suffix. Compare beastlihood n. and earlier beastliness n.
Obsolete.
A mock title of respect or form of address given to a beast or a brutish person. Also: the state or condition of being a mythical beast or wild animal; beasthood.In quot. 1887 referring to the Prince of Wales's patronage of the boxer John L. Sullivan, characterized by the writer as a criminal and a wife beater.
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beastlinessc1400
beastishness1530
beastlihead1579
bestiality1603
brutality1603
beastlihood1612
ferinenessa1676
doggishness1755
animalism1831
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. May 265 Sicke, sicke, alas, a litle lack of dead, But I be relieued by your beastlyhead.
1614 J. Davies in W. Browne Shepheards Pipe sig. G4 Or else be peregall to Nymphes of old, From which their beastlihed now freely start.
1887 New Mississippian 3 Jan. 1/7 The Prince..invites him to a banquet and places himself on a perfect level with the beastlihead.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021).
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