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ˈbeastlike, a. and adv.
[f. beast n. + like.]
A. adj. Like a beast in nature, or in habits.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 117 b, We be all carnall and beestlyke. 1588Shakes. Tit. A. v. iii. 199 Her life was Beast-like and deuoid of pitty. 1601Bp. Barlow Defence 148 Those beastlike passions..which rage within us. 1868Tennyson Lucretius 228 Why should I, beastlike as I find myself, Not manlike end myself?
B. as adv.
1604E. G[rimston] D' Acosta's Hist. Indies vii. ii. 497 They lived..beastlike, without any pollicie. |