† excelsityn.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
Height, altitude, loftiness; ‘haughtiness’ (Bailey folio 1730–6).
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the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > [noun]
highnesseOE
orgelnessOE
orgelOE
orgula1200
hautainesse1297
deignoushedec1330
daina1400
hautesse1399
hautainetya1450
orgulitya1470
courage1484
haughtness1489
stateliness1509
stomacha1513
heighta1525
stiffness1526
fastidie1536
disdainfulness1548
loftiness1548
fastidiousness?1555
haughtiness1555
high-mindedness1571
squeamishness1580
hichtiness1596
morguec1598
signory1598
superciliosity1606
overliness1610
superciliousness1622
excelsity1623
hauteura1628
cavalierism1643
supercilium1657
condescendency1667
supercile1679
uncondescension1681
superbness1682
fastidiosity1704
condescension1752
aristocratism1792
aristocracy1822
patricianism1826
touch-me-not-ishness1836
cavalierishness1860
patronization1944
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [noun] > above a certain level > great or considerable
highnesseOE
heighta1400
tallness1535
excelsity1623
precipice1650
celsitude1678
loftiness1781
1623 in H. Cockeram Eng. Dict.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Excelsity, height, loftiness.
1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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n.1623- stretch one's wings
- stretch out
- stretch out into a gallop
- stretch out one's legs
- stretch plane
- stretch receptor
- stretch reflex
- stretch run
- stretch spinning
- stretch string
- stretch the rules
- stretch things
- stretch to the oar
- stretch to the stroke
- stretch turn
- stretch wing to weather
- stretch-bench
- stretch-form
- stretch-gut
- stretch-halter
- stretch-hemp
- stretch-leg
- stretch-mouthed
- stretch-out
- stretch-rope