spiderlyadj.
rare.
Like a spider.
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the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [adjective]
foulOE
uglyc1386
malgraciousa1393
unsightlya1400
loathc1400
ouglec1415
shrewdc1430
unsightyc1440
unwholesome?a1500
evil-favoured1530
ill-favoured1530
uglisome1530
huggeda1533
hard-favoureda1535
evil-liking1535
ill-favorited1579
stigmatical1589
stigmatic1597
sightlessa1616
hard-featured1638
grislya1681
bad-looking1757
unmackly1765
unfavourable1776
dissightly1777
eyesore1798
wavelled1886
spiderly1891
Plain Jane1912
hackit1985
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > offensiveness > offensive person > [adjective]
spiderousa1533
spidered1650
spiderly1891
1891 C. MacEwen Three Women in Boat xv. 113 The Grand Duke was..looking spiderly, ugly, but [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1891- by order
- by ordinar
- by ordinary
- by osmosis
- by our lady
- by our lakin
- by overthwart
- by oxback
- by pairs
- by pantofle
- by parcels
- by parol
- by particular
- by patience
- by pennymeal
- by peradventure
- by perchance
- by perforce
- by peril of my soul
- by persue
- by picnic
- by piecemeal
- by piecemeal(s
- by piecemeals
- by plotmeal