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seemlyhed

seemlyhed is the obsolete form of seemlihead.

Meaning of seemlihead

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
    Synonyms:
    seemlihood

Questions about seemlyhed

What is seemlyhed the obsolete form of?
Seemlyhed is the obsolete form of seemlihead.

Words near seemlyhed in the dictionary

  1. seemlihood
  2. seemlily
  3. seemliness
  4. seemlinesses
  5. seemly
  6. seemlyhed
  7. seemlyhood
  8. seems
  9. seemurgh
  10. seemurghs
  11. seen

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