beastlyhead

English

Etymology

From beastly +‎ -head (“-hood”).

Noun

beastlyhead (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The character or quality of a beast; beastliness.
   • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “May. Ægloga Quinta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC:

     Sicke, sicke, alas! and little lack of dead, / But I be relieved by your beastlyhead.