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comelyness

comelyness is the obsolete spelling of comeliness.

Meaning of comeliness

Noun

comeliness (usually uncountable, plural comelinesses)

  1. (usually) Quality of being comely; beauty, attractiveness.
    • Hereat Alaeddin arose and took horse, his Mamelukes riding a-van and a-rear of him, and they were such that all must cry, "Laud to the Lord who created them and clothed them with such beauty and loveliness." And they scattered gold amongst the crowd in front of their master who surpassed them all...1885–1888, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar...
    Synonyms:
    pulchritude

Questions about comelyness

What is comelyness the obsolete spelling of?
Comelyness is the obsolete spelling of comeliness.

Words near comelyness in the dictionary

  1. comelings
  2. Comella
  3. Comellas
  4. comely
  5. comely maidens
  6. comelyness
  7. comember
  8. comembers
  9. comembership
  10. comemberships
  11. comen

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