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lordlike, a. and adv.|ˈlɔːdlaɪk|
[See -like.]
A. adj. Resembling, befitting, or characteristic of a lord; lordly. Now rare.
c1470Henry Wallace ix. 56 Ledys on luff burd, with a lordlik fer. 1500–20Dunbar Poems xviii. 11 Be I ane lord, and not lord lyk, Than [etc.]. 1546Supplic. Poore Commons (E.E.T.S.) 89 They trust to optayne therby lordlyck liuinges out of the porsion of the poore. 1600Holland Livy xxv. xxii. 565 Anniball made this glorious and lordlike aunswere with a majestie. 1603B. Jonson Sejanus v. viii, Officious Friendes..start before My great, proud Lord, to get a Lord-like nod! 1646Earl of Monmouth tr. Biondi's Civil Warres ix. 208 His Lordlike looks..captivated the good⁓will of the standers by. 1839–40I. Taylor Anc. Chr. (1842) II. viii. 400 He disclaims any lordlike authority in the Church.
†B. adv. After the fashion of a lord, domineeringly. Also, as befits a lord; sumptuously. Obs.
1555Ridley in Coverdale Lett. Martyrs (1564) 101 So many (I say) would at these my wordes Lordelike stampe and spurne and spit thereat. 1574tr. Marlorat's Apocalips 10 Behaue not your selues lordlike ouer the Clergie [1 Pet. v. 3]. 1599Hakluyt Voy. II. ii. 79 Manie great estates and gouernours there be, that during their office are lodged Lordlike. 1700Dryden Iliad i. Fables 202 Lord-like at ease..the People to devour. 1727Boyer Fr. Dict., Lord⁓like, en grand seigneur.
Hence † lordlikeness.
c1470Henry Wallace vii. 402 It can nocht be, but fredome, lordlyknes. |