beastlihead
English
Etymology
Noun
beastlihead (uncountable)
- (obsolete, nonce word) Beastliness (as a mock title or style akin to "Highness" or "Holiness").
- 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Maye. Ægloga Quinta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC:
- But I be relieved by your beastlyhead
References
- “beastlihead”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.