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goodlyhead

goodlyhead is the alternative form of goodlihead.

Meaning of goodlihead

Noun

goodlihead (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The character or nature of a goodly person; goodliness.
    • But mote thy goodlyhed forgiue it mee, / To weet, which of the Gods I shall thee name, / That vnto thee due worship I may rightly frame.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  2. (archaic, poetic) Goodly appearance or looks; beauty.
    • The lilies, of great goodlihead, divinely tall, sway with a stately, languid grace; the Canterbury bells are all ringing.1893, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, The Living Age ...

Questions about goodlyhead

What is goodlyhead the alternative form of?
Goodlyhead is the alternative form of goodlihead.

Words near goodlyhead in the dictionary

  1. goodlookingness
  2. Goodlow
  3. Goodlows
  4. Goodluck
  5. goodly
  6. goodlyhead
  7. goodman
  8. Goodman and Kruskal's gamma
  9. Goodman and Kruskal's lambda
  10. goodman's croft
  11. Goodmanham

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