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单词 goodlihead
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goodliheadn.

Forms: late Middle English godelyhede, late Middle English godlyhed, late Middle English godlyhede, late Middle English goodelyhede, late Middle English goodlihed, late Middle English goodlihede, late Middle English goodliheed, late Middle English goodlihiede, late Middle English goodlyed, late Middle English 1700s–1800s goodlihead, late Middle English–1500s goodlyhed, late Middle English–1500s goodlyhede, 1500s goodelyhed, 1500s goodlyhead; Scottish pre-1700 gudelihed, pre-1700 gudliheid, pre-1700 gudlyheid, pre-1700 guidlieheid.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: goodly adj., -head suffix.
Etymology: < goodly adj. + -head suffix. Compare Middle Low German gōtlīchēt friendliness, generosity, benevolence, Middle High German guotlichkeit holiness, perfection (German Gütlichkeit friendliness, generosity, benevolence; now archaic and rare). Compare earlier goodhead n., and also goodliness n.
Obsolete (rare after 16th cent.).
1. = goodliness n. 1a.Apparently much more common in Middle English than goodliness.
a. Moral goodness; virtue.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > virtue > [noun] > moral excellence
goodwilleOE
goodnesseOE
thewnessc1200
goodlaikc1225
goodheadc1275
honestete1340
bountyc1386
goodliheada1393
prowessc1395
honestyc1400
goodliness1405
virtuosityc1443
virtuousnessc1449
virtueheada1456
good naturec1475
integrity1548
honestness1556
graciousness1591
saintship1613
gracefulness1619
saintliness1838
te1895
virtu1906
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. l. 608 In hire is no violence Bot goodlihiede and innocence Withouten spot of eny blame.
a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) l. 5050 But symple humblesse is of schuch godelyhede þat she of troubly hate haþ no smak.
?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. bb.iiiv Dame prudence..Impossyble it is to shewe her goodelyhed.
b. Graciousness, friendliness, generosity.
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c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. l. 2398 And with ȝoure wordis ful of goodlyhed, ȝour owne man listeth recomforte.
a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ix. l. 927 His goodliheed was chaungid onto pride.
c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 274 Ther may be vnder godelyhede Keuered many a shrewde vice.
a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) l. 6340 In grete pleasure and in all goodlyhede.
c. As a form of address or informal title of respect, preceded by a possessive pronoun, as your goodlihead.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [noun] > good person > personality or quality of
goodliheadc1425
brickishness1854
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. l. 4422 (MED) With þe fauour of ȝoure goodlyhed, I wil me reste for a litel space.
c1450 in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1911) 26 156 (MED) Thus haue I cause to serue her godelyhede, Constreynd of hert wyth stedfaste loue and drede.
c1550 Clariodus (1830) i. l. 229 Pleis it ȝour guidlieheid, ȝe mane it secreit keip.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. 184 Craving your goodlyhead to asswage The ranckorous rigour of his might.
2. = goodliness n. 2.Apparently more common in Middle English than goodliness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun]
comelinessc1350
seemlinessc1385
comeliheada1393
goodliheada1413
beseemingc1440
goodliness1449
propernessc1478
sightliness1561
handsomeness1622
speciousness1650
presentability1823
nicelookingness1865
eye appeal1916
spiffiness1981
aegyo1997
a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iii. l. 1730 The goodlihede or beaute which þat kynde In ony oþer lady hadde y-set.
a1450 (?1420) J. Lydgate Temple of Glas (Tanner) (1891) l. 273 The goodlihed eke of hir fresshli face.
c1500 (?a1437) Kingis Quair (1939) xlix To suich delyte It was to see hir youth In gudelihed.
1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 907 With margerain ientyll, The flowre of goodlyhede.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ii. sig. Dd4 Pleased with that seeming goodly-hed, Vnwares the hidden hooke with baite I swallowed.
1746 W. Thompson Hymn to May xvii. 14 So far in virtue and in goodlihead Above all other nymphs Ianthe bears the meed.
1867 W. Morris Life & Death of Jason ix. 152 O love, turn round, and note the goodlihead My father's palace shows beneath the stars.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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