complementalnessn.
The quality of being complemental, or (formerly) complimental.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > seemly behaviour or propriety > strict decorum
formc1405
galancie1581
ceremoniousness1583
punctilio1596
formality1599
ceremony1603
punctuality1618
punctillea1648
complementalness1657
formalness1684
punctiliousness1685
nicety1693
ceremonial1749
square-toedness1846
punctiliosity1859
uptightness1969
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [noun] > formal
complement1597
complementalness1657
1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 164 Altering from plainess to complementalness.
1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 371 Nor can we imagin that our Saviour taught his Disciples that complementalnes as to sit constantly in their ranks at meat.
a1660 H. Hammond Wks. (1684) II. 292 (R.) Complementalness, as opposed to plainness, must signifie giving titles of civility, that really do not belong to those, to whom they are thus given.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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