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overlordliness

overlordliness noun: the fact or quality of being overlordly; superciliousness.

Noun

overlordliness (uncountable)

  1. The fact or quality of being overlordly; superciliousness.
    • His Boer War experience, annotated in the ribbons which he wore, had given him a touch of overlordliness, which now tuned his irritable remarks.1928, Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, Penguin, published 2010, page 59

Origin of overlordliness

From overlordly + -ness.

Questions about overlordliness

What does overlordliness mean?
Overlordliness means the fact or quality of being overlordly; superciliousness.
What part of speech is overlordliness?
Overlordliness is a noun.

Words near overlordliness in the dictionary

  1. overloquaciousness
  2. overloquacity
  3. overlord
  4. overlorded
  5. overlording
  6. overlordliness
  7. overlords
  8. overlordship
  9. overlordships
  10. overloud
  11. overloudly

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