单词 | goodlihead |
释义 | † goodliheadn. 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. ΚΠ 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). < n.a1393 |
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