Obs. Also 6 bestysshnesse. [f. prec. + -NESS.] The condition of being ‘beastish,’ brutishness.
1530. Palsgr., 197/2. Bestysshnesse, besterie.
c. 1561. Veron, Free-will, 32 a. The beastishnesse of these bragging marchauntes of the cleargy.
