"beastliness" meaning in English

See beastliness in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-beastliness.wav [US] Forms: beastlinesses [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English beastly Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English beastliness From beastly + -ness. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|beastly|-ness|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English beastly Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English beastliness [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-atjaną", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "nominative", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "action noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tus", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-þuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-assuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-inassuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-nassī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-nes", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-nesse", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ness", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "beastliness", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="beastliness"> From beastly + -ness. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} beastliness (usually uncountable, plural beastlinesses)
  1. The state of being beastly. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (Translations): θηριότης (thēriótēs) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), bestialité (French), bestialidade [feminine] (Galician), حیوانلق (hayvanlık) (Ottoman Turkish), bestialność [archaic, feminine] (Polish), bestialstwo [neuter] (Polish), bestializm [dated, masculine] (Polish), bestialidade [feminine] (Portuguese), bestialidad [feminine] (Spanish)
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  2. Beastly behaviour Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-beastliness-en-noun-emQErWwO

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