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ˈmakedom Sc. ? Obs. Also 5–6 makdome. [App. f. either mack a. or make n.1 + -dom; but the formation is somewhat anomalous, esp. for so early a period.] Form, shape; esp. elegant form, shapeliness, comeliness; rarely concr.
c1470Henry Wallace ix. 358 Bathe statur and curage, Maner, makdome, thar fassoun and thar wesage. 1508Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen 73 To manifest my makdome to multitude of pepill. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 125 Without makdome vther of lym or lith. 1585Jas. I, Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 65 Be warre ze descryue zour Loues makdome, or her fairnes. a1586Montgomerie Misc. Poems I. 13 Fair forme, and face angelicall,..Makdome, and proper memberis all Sa perfyte. a1810Findlay in Ford Harp Perthsh. (1893) 419 Yon stalwart makedom I ken richt weel. |