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seemlihead

seemlihead noun: the condition of being seemly; seemliness.

Noun

seemlihead (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The condition of being seemly; seemliness.
    • she […] by his persons secret seemlyhed / Wel weend that he had beene some man of place […].1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
    • And then his tongue with sober seemlihed / Gave utterance.1818, John Keats, Endymion, section IV
    Synonyms:
    seemlihood

Synonyms of seemlihead

Forms of seemlihead

alternative formseemlihed

Origin of seemlihead

From Middle English semlyhede, equivalent to seemly + -head.

Questions about seemlihead

What does seemlihead mean?
Seemlihead means the condition of being seemly; seemliness.
What part of speech is seemlihead?
Seemlihead is a noun.

Words near seemlihead in the dictionary

  1. seemingness
  2. seemings
  3. seemless
  4. seemlier
  5. seemliest
  6. seemlihead
  7. seemlihed
  8. seemlihood
  9. seemlily
  10. seemliness
  11. seemlinesses

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