formalityn.

Brit.

/fɔːˈmalᵻti/,

/fəˈmalᵻti/, U.S.

/fɔrˈmælədi/

Etymology: < Latin formālitās, < formālis formal adj. Compare French formalité (1497 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).

†1.

a. Formal or essential nature; the characteristic or distinctive property by which a thing is defined. Also, the condition of possessing formal existence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > [noun] > reality or quality of being real

reality1545

formality1570

trueness1604

realness1612

thatness1643

positivity1659

actualness1668

positiveness1668

thingsomeness1674

somethingness1675

thingship1697

authenticity1839

thingness1840

truth1842

isness1865

thinginess1891

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a characteristic

privilegec1225

distinctionc1374

propertyc1390

tachea1400

pointa1425

specialty?a1425

difference?c1425

conditionc1460

markc1522

touch1528

specialty1532

differentia1551

character?1569

formality1570

particularity1585

peculiar1589

accent1591

appropriation1600

characterism1603

peculiarity1606

resemblance1622

propera1626

speciality1625

specificationa1631

appropriament1633

characteristic1646

discrimination1646

diagnostic1651

characteristical1660

stroke1666

talent1670

physiognomya1680

oddity1713

distinctive1816

spécialité1836

trait1864

flavour1866

middle name1905

discriminant1920

discriminator1943

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > [noun]

pitheOE

i-cundeeOE

roota1325

substancec1330

juicec1380

marrowa1382

formc1385

acta1398

quidditya1398

substantial forma1398

inward1398

savourc1400

inwardc1450

allaya1456

essencya1475

being1521

bottom1531

spirit?1534

summary1548

ecceity1549

core1556

flower1568

formality1570

sum and substance1572

alloy1594

soul1598

inwardness1605

quid1606

fibre1607

selfness1611

whatness1611

essentialityc1616

propera1626

the whole shot1628

substantiala1631

esse1642

entity1643

virtuality1646

ingeny1647

quoddity1647

intimacy1648

ens1649

inbeing1661

essence1667

interiority1701

intrinsic1716

stamen1758

character1761

quidditas1782

hyparxis1792

rasa1800

bone1829

what1861

isness1865

inscape1868

as-suchness1909

Wesen1959

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. *j Creatures..brought, from Nothing, to the Formalitie of their being and state.

1596 T. Bell Suruey Popery iii. ix. 378 The formalitie of original sin is of two sorts.

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar iii. xvii. 66 This calamity in its own formality..is a punishment.

1682 N. Grew Idea Philos. Hist. Plants 4 in Anat. Plants Those Formalities, wherein their [sc. plants'] Essence doth consist.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica iii. iii. 449 Motion is the Formality of Wind.

1737 D. Waterland Rev. Doctr. Eucharist 19 Mr. Scandret, distinguishing a Sacrament, according to its precise Formality, from a Sacrifice, observes [etc.].

†b. Formal aspect or category. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun]

kindeOE

i-cundeOE

mannera1225

jetc1330

colour1340

hair1387

estrete1393

gendera1398

hedea1400

savourc1400

stockc1450

toucha1500

rate1509

barrel1542

suit1548

fashion1562

special1563

stamp1573

family1598

garb1600

espece1602

kidney1602

bran1610

formality1610

editiona1627

make1660

cast1673

tour1702

way1702

specie1711

tenor1729

ilk1790

genre1816

stripe1853

persuasion1855

1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God i. xiv. 25 The cittie being nothing but a multitude of men vnited in one formality of religion and estate.

1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. i. iii If it be propounded as evil, the will that chooses it under that formality is criminal.

1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. xxviii. 70 The womb is sensible of Odours, not under the formality of Odours, but is only affected by the..subtile vaporous matter conjoyned.

†2. That which pertains to outward form; also, an outward appearance or semblance (of something). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun]

onseneeOE

bleea1000

shapeOE

ylikeOE

laitc1175

semblanta1225

sightc1275

fare1297

showingc1300

specea1325

parelc1330

guise1340

countenance1362

semblance?a1366

apparel1377

regardc1380

apparencec1384

imagec1384

spicec1384

overseeminga1398

kenninga1400

seemingc1400

visage1422

rinda1450

semenauntc1450

'pearance1456

outwardc1475

representation1489

favour?a1500

figurea1522

assemblant1523

prospect?1533

respect1535

visure1545

perceiverance1546

outwardshine1549

species1559

utter-shape1566

look1567

physiognomy1567

face1572

paintry1573

visor1575

mienc1586

superficies?1589

behaviour1590

aspect1594

complexion1597

confrontment1604

show1604

aira1616

beseeminga1616

formality1615

resemblancea1616

blush1620

upcomea1630

presentment1637

scheme1655

sensation1662

visibility1669

plumage1707

facies1727

remark1748

extrinsica1797

exterior1801

showance1820

the cut of one's jib1823

personnel1839

personal appearance1842

what-like1853

look-see1898

outwall1933

visuality1938

prosopon1947

1615 J. Stephens Satyrical Ess. (1857) 134 The walking Apes; which on the Mountaines seeme carefull Inhabitants, but at your approach, the formality of man only.

1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie ii. xxii. 215 There may be some appendances and formalities of government alterable by the wisdome of the Church; yet for the main substance, it is now utterly indispensable.

1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 35 Sacred things not perform'd sincerely..are no way acceptable to God in thir outward formality.

1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xxvii. 212 To root up all true vertue and honour, or to be contented onely with some leaves and withering formalities of them, without any reall fruits.

†3. Method, regularity. Also, uniform procedure. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun] > methodicalness

formality1603

method1619

methodicalness1678

orderliness1830

systematicness1836

systematicity1845

methodicality1861

businesslikeness1870

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 423 Who greatly commended the Eliens for observing such good order and formality at the Olympick games.

1628 R. Le Grys tr. J. Barclay Argenis ii. 101 Meleander..had..escaped [poison] by the carefulnesse of his seruants, who did looke to his meate and his clothes with a curious formality.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iv. 157 The Arch Bishop..was very punctual and ceremonious in his proceedings..the formality of his exemplary justice [etc.].

1657 T. M. Life Satyrical Puppy 15 A strange dejected humour possest him three months, his actions were quite void of formality, his domestick affaires by himselfe neglected.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iii. 197 Such Judges (whose formality was first to Imprison, and after, at Their leisure, to Examine).

4. Accordance with legal form.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > [noun] > legality or conformity with the law > accordance with legal form

formality1660

1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 51 When a man would plead any thing, because he would Plead it in Formality, Councel is allowed.

1693 T. Creech tr. Juvenal Satires xiii. xv. 179 If Men forswear the Deeds and Bonds they draw, Tho' Sign'd with all formality of Law.

†5. Literary or artistic form; agreement with the laws of form. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > [noun] > qualities of music generally

formality1531

humoura1568

languor1751

morbidezza1833

pop1862

go1882

monophony1890

jazziness1916

blueness1929

linearity1947

funkiness1957

spikiness1962

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [noun] > form

formality1531

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xiv. sig. Gviii^v Than appoynte they howe many plees maye be made for euery parte, and in what formalitie they shulde be sette, whiche is the seconde parte of Rhetorike, called disposition.

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 76 In descanting you must not onelie seeke true cordes, but formalitie also: that is, to make your descant carrie some forme of relation to the plaine song.

1655 Campion's Art of composing Musick in Parts in J. Playford Introd. Skill Musick ii. 13 If in the first Rule the notes follow not in expected formality.

1677 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 12 838 Formality [in music] requires, that the succeeding Notes be agreable to the former.

6. Conformity to established rule; customary propriety. Often in depreciative sense, rigid or merely conventional observance of forms.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > acting according to some standard, fashion, etc. > conformity to established rules

formality1597

formula1837

formulism1838

formularism1927

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [noun] > conformity to prescribed or customary rule

formality1597

fashionableness1608

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xxix. 59 The attyre..being..a matter of meere formalitie.

a1625 King Charles I Let. in Athenæum 24 Feb. (1872) 241/3 Which I wryt not for formalities sake, but doe indede fynd myselfe ingaged both in honnor and affection.

1706 F. Atterbury Serm. Funeral Mr. Bennet 20 Nor was his Attendance on Divine Offices a matter of Formality and Custom, but of Conscience.

1874 J. Morley On Compromise 138 If the religious spirit is only a fine name for..mere social formality.

1881 Tylor in Nature No. 623. 529 To give an idea of the state of formality into which life has come among these supposed free-and-easy savages.

7. Ceremony, elaborate procedure.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun]

with or in (great, etc.) solemnityc1290

ceremonialc1380

circumstancec1386

celebrityc1425

pomposity?a1475

solemness1530

state1599

fashionableness1608

ceremoniality1623

decorum1638

setness1642

formality1666

ceremonialnessa1680

formalness1684

gravity1689

solemn1706

ceremony1759

panjandrum1860

1666 S. Pepys Diary 11 Apr. (1972) VII. 96 To Gresham College, where a great deal of do and formality in choosing of the Council and Officers.

1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels II. 329 Our Enemy makes his Approaches toward us with less Formality..than He..could do against the Holy Jesus.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 105 Prodigious State and Formality.

1865 A. Maffei Brigand Life I. 240 Without a moment's delay, and with scarcely any formality, the sentence was carried into effect.

8. A ceremony; a formal act or observance; a legal, authorized, or customary procedure.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun] > a ceremony or formality

ceremonyc1380

rialtyc1415

complement1597

formality1674

rites1929

the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > acting according to some standard, fashion, etc. > conformity to established rules > a procedure

formality1674

1674 tr. P. M. de la Martinière New Voy. Northern Countries 52 The pleasant Funeral formalities among the Muscovian Laplanders.

1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. vi. 530 After the election, he was installed, with all the usual formalities, by Hortensius.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xvi. iv. 32 I insist on the Formality of its being delivered me, with a full Ratification of all the Concessions stipulated.

1861 A. Trollope Orley Farm (1862) I. i. 2 A codicil to his will, executed with due legal formalities, bequeathed Orley Farm to his youngest son.

a. Something required to be done for form's sake; a requirement of etiquette, custom, etc. (Often depreciatively, implying mere attention to externals.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > acting according to some standard, fashion, etc. > conformity to established rules > mere conventional observance > something done for form's sake

formality1664

form1711

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 453 Antichrist and his adherents..boasting of works and dead formalities.

1685 tr. B. Gracián y Morales Courtiers Oracle 169 He shall never gain the esteem of an able man, who sticks too much upon Formalities.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 11 It would put an end..to all those Formalities, which..might yet retard the Infanta's voyage into England.

1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iv. 210 How, by fasts, vigils, formalities and mass-work, a man's soul could be saved.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. viii. 90 Many a warm shake of the hand showed me that our good~bye was not a mere formality.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §2. 174 Their presence..became so pure a formality that [etc.].

†b. Ceremonious attention (paid to a person).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > ceremonious

ceremonyc1386

complement1578

complemento1582

formality1603

accompliment1613

compliment1655

ceremonial1749

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 96 The emperour..become his hoste, entertained him with all the formalities that faigned friendship could deuise.

1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 564 The mayor and aldermen attended on the prince and princesse daily; but had received notice..to desist paying those formalities.

1757 G. Shelvocke, Jr. Shelvocke's Voy. round World (ed. 2) xiv. 407 Those..they guessed..to be above the common sort. These they always received with such formality as could not be expected in such a place.

10.

a. plural or collective singular. Robes or insignia of office or dignity. Obsolete exc. Historical †Also (rarely) in singular, an armorial bearing.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun]

bearing1562

prise1572

formality?1578

charge1599

armorial bearings1610

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > indicative of office, profession, or status

robec1300

gown1377

formality?1578

toga1738

toguea1862

?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 52 Appeerz then a fresh, in hiz ful formalitee with a loouely look.

1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 196 Neither haue they now the Crown as a part of their habit, but a formalitie only on their Armorie.

1614 T. Lorkin Let. in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) III. 35 Doctors in their formalityes and vpon their foots~cloths.

1696 London Gaz. No. 3176/1 In the morning the Magistrates went to Church in a Body, and in their Formality.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 173. ⁋8 Divest themselves with too much haste of their academical formality.

1753 in London Evening Post 9 Aug. The corporation of Scarborough waited upon the Rt. Hon. Henry Pelham, Esq., in their formalities.

1894 C. W. Boase Registrum Collegii Exoniensis (new ed.) p. xlvii The picture of a man kneeling, with his gown and formalities upon him.

†b. In wider sense: Ceremonial or significant garments of any kind. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific purpose > official or ceremonial

feast clotha1325

formality1673

full dress1724

toggery1826

grande tenue1829

pontificalibus1855

war-paint1859

1673 W. Cave Primitive Christianity iii. v. 367 They appeared in all the Formalities of Sorrow and Mourning.

1718 S. Centlivre Bold Stroke for Wife v. 56 I hop'd to have been quiet, when once I had put on your odious Formality here [i.e. a Quaker dress].

11. The attribute of being formal; precision, rigid decorum of manners; excessive regularity or stiffness (of style, outline, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

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 > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [noun] > lack of affability

strangenessc1386

unhomelinessc1440

fremdnessa1500

coldness1557

coolnessa1586

self-guarda1586

diskindness1596

formality1599

reservedness1606

inaffability1611

restrainta1616

unconess1637

chillness1639

froideur1645

distance1660

starchedness1670

buckram1682

starchness?1693

starch1694

reserve1711

stiffness1717

unapproachableness1727

retirement1803

angularity1824

standoffishness1826

distancy1836

chill1837

starchiness1844

unapproachability1846

hedgehogginess1858

standoff1865

offishness1867

aloofness1878

pokerishness1880

untouchableness1909

untouchability1919

stuffiness1926

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > pleasing fitness > [noun] > seemliness or propriety

seemlihead?a1366

honestya1398

comeliness1440

seemlityc1440

semblessea1500

elegance1540

seemliness1548

decency1584

handsomeness1595

civility1612

pickle1706

bienseancea1797

formality1834

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 21 An eniuersal [sic] marchantly formallity, in habitte, speach, gestures.

1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vi. 157 That which look'd like Formality, was a Punctuality in preserving his dignity.

1789 W. Belsham Ess. I. iii. 66 The frozen formality..of Charles occasioned extreme disgust.

1834 T. B. Macaulay William Pitt in Ess. (1889) 301 His heart was a little cold..his manners decorous even to formality.

1844 T. Hood Haunted House i, in Hood's Mag. Jan. 4 The very yew Formality had train'd To such a rigid pyramidal stature.

1849 Florist 285 On our left the lake, the formality of its smooth banks elegantly broken by those willows.

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单词	formality
释义	formalityn. Brit. /fɔːˈmalᵻti/, /fəˈmalᵻti/, U.S. /fɔrˈmælədi/ Etymology: < Latin formālitās, < formālis formal adj. Compare French formalité (1497 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter). †1. a. Formal or essential nature; the characteristic or distinctive property by which a thing is defined. Also, the condition of possessing formal existence. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > [noun] > reality or quality of being real reality1545 formality1570 trueness1604 realness1612 thatness1643 positivity1659 actualness1668 positiveness1668 thingsomeness1674 somethingness1675 thingship1697 authenticity1839 thingness1840 truth1842 isness1865 thinginess1891 the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a characteristic privilegec1225 distinctionc1374 propertyc1390 tachea1400 pointa1425 specialty?a1425 difference?c1425 conditionc1460 markc1522 touch1528 specialty1532 differentia1551 character?1569 formality1570 particularity1585 peculiar1589 accent1591 appropriation1600 characterism1603 peculiarity1606 resemblance1622 propera1626 speciality1625 specificationa1631 appropriament1633 characteristic1646 discrimination1646 diagnostic1651 characteristical1660 stroke1666 talent1670 physiognomya1680 oddity1713 distinctive1816 spécialité1836 trait1864 flavour1866 middle name1905 discriminant1920 discriminator1943 the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > [noun] pitheOE i-cundeeOE roota1325 substancec1330 juicec1380 marrowa1382 formc1385 acta1398 quidditya1398 substantial forma1398 inward1398 savourc1400 inwardc1450 allaya1456 essencya1475 being1521 bottom1531 spirit?1534 summary1548 ecceity1549 core1556 flower1568 formality1570 sum and substance1572 alloy1594 soul1598 inwardness1605 quid1606 fibre1607 selfness1611 whatness1611 essentialityc1616 propera1626 the whole shot1628 substantiala1631 esse1642 entity1643 virtuality1646 ingeny1647 quoddity1647 intimacy1648 ens1649 inbeing1661 essence1667 interiority1701 intrinsic1716 stamen1758 character1761 quidditas1782 hyparxis1792 rasa1800 bone1829 what1861 isness1865 inscape1868 as-suchness1909 Wesen1959 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. j Creatures..brought, from Nothing, to the Formalitie of their being and state. 1596 T. Bell Suruey Popery* iii. ix. 378 The formalitie of original sin is of two sorts. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar iii. xvii. 66 This calamity in its own formality..is a punishment. 1682 N. Grew Idea Philos. Hist. Plants 4 in Anat. Plants Those Formalities, wherein their [sc. plants'] Essence doth consist. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica iii. iii. 449 Motion is the Formality of Wind. 1737 D. Waterland Rev. Doctr. Eucharist 19 Mr. Scandret, distinguishing a Sacrament, according to its precise Formality, from a Sacrifice, observes [etc.]. †b. Formal aspect or category. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun] kindeOE i-cundeOE mannera1225 jetc1330 colour1340 hair1387 estrete1393 gendera1398 hedea1400 savourc1400 stockc1450 toucha1500 rate1509 barrel1542 suit1548 fashion1562 special1563 stamp1573 family1598 garb1600 espece1602 kidney1602 bran1610 formality1610 editiona1627 make1660 cast1673 tour1702 way1702 specie1711 tenor1729 ilk1790 genre1816 stripe1853 persuasion1855 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God i. xiv. 25 The cittie being nothing but a multitude of men vnited in one formality of religion and estate. 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. i. iii If it be propounded as evil, the will that chooses it under that formality is criminal. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. xxviii. 70 The womb is sensible of Odours, not under the formality of Odours, but is only affected by the..subtile vaporous matter conjoyned. †2. That which pertains to outward form; also, an outward appearance or semblance (of something). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] onseneeOE bleea1000 shapeOE ylikeOE laitc1175 semblanta1225 sightc1275 fare1297 showingc1300 specea1325 parelc1330 guise1340 countenance1362 semblance?a1366 apparel1377 regardc1380 apparencec1384 imagec1384 spicec1384 overseeminga1398 kenninga1400 seemingc1400 visage1422 rinda1450 semenauntc1450 'pearance1456 outwardc1475 representation1489 favour?a1500 figurea1522 assemblant1523 prospect?1533 respect1535 visure1545 perceiverance1546 outwardshine1549 view1556 species1559 utter-shape1566 look1567 physiognomy1567 face1572 paintry1573 visor1575 mienc1586 superficies?1589 behaviour1590 aspect1594 complexion1597 confrontment1604 show1604 aira1616 beseeminga1616 formality1615 resemblancea1616 blush1620 upcomea1630 presentment1637 scheme1655 sensation1662 visibility1669 plumage1707 facies1727 remark1748 extrinsica1797 exterior1801 showance1820 the cut of one's jib1823 personnel1839 personal appearance1842 what-like1853 look-see1898 outwall1933 visuality1938 prosopon1947 1615 J. Stephens Satyrical Ess. (1857) 134 The walking Apes; which on the Mountaines seeme carefull Inhabitants, but at your approach, the formality of man only. 1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie ii. xxii. 215 There may be some appendances and formalities of government alterable by the wisdome of the Church; yet for the main substance, it is now utterly indispensable. 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 35 Sacred things not perform'd sincerely..are no way acceptable to God in thir outward formality. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xxvii. 212 To root up all true vertue and honour, or to be contented onely with some leaves and withering formalities of them, without any reall fruits. †3. Method, regularity. Also, uniform procedure. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun] > methodicalness formality1603 method1619 methodicalness1678 orderliness1830 systematicness1836 systematicity1845 methodicality1861 businesslikeness1870 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 423 Who greatly commended the Eliens for observing such good order and formality at the Olympick games. 1628 R. Le Grys tr. J. Barclay Argenis ii. 101 Meleander..had..escaped [poison] by the carefulnesse of his seruants, who did looke to his meate and his clothes with a curious formality. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iv. 157 The Arch Bishop..was very punctual and ceremonious in his proceedings..the formality of his exemplary justice [etc.]. 1657 T. M. Life Satyrical Puppy 15 A strange dejected humour possest him three months, his actions were quite void of formality, his domestick affaires by himselfe neglected. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iii. 197 Such Judges (whose formality was first to Imprison, and after, at Their leisure, to Examine). 4. Accordance with legal form. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > [noun] > legality or conformity with the law > accordance with legal form formality1660 1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 51 When a man would plead any thing, because he would Plead it in Formality, Councel is allowed. 1693 T. Creech tr. Juvenal Satires xiii. xv. 179 If Men forswear the Deeds and Bonds they draw, Tho' Sign'd with all formality of Law. †5. Literary or artistic form; agreement with the laws of form. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > [noun] > qualities of music generally formality1531 humoura1568 languor1751 morbidezza1833 pop1862 go1882 monophony1890 jazziness1916 blueness1929 linearity1947 funkiness1957 spikiness1962 society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [noun] > form formality1531 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xiv. sig. Gviii^v Than appoynte they howe many plees maye be made for euery parte, and in what formalitie they shulde be sette, whiche is the seconde parte of Rhetorike, called disposition. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 76 In descanting you must not onelie seeke true cordes, but formalitie also: that is, to make your descant carrie some forme of relation to the plaine song. 1655 Campion's Art of composing Musick in Parts in J. Playford Introd. Skill Musick ii. 13 If in the first Rule the notes follow not in expected formality. 1677 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 12 838 Formality [in music] requires, that the succeeding Notes be agreable to the former. 6. Conformity to established rule; customary propriety. Often in depreciative sense, rigid or merely conventional observance of forms. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > acting according to some standard, fashion, etc. > conformity to established rules formality1597 formula1837 formulism1838 formularism1927 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [noun] > conformity to prescribed or customary rule formality1597 fashionableness1608 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xxix. 59 The attyre..being..a matter of meere formalitie. a1625 King Charles I Let. in Athenæum 24 Feb. (1872) 241/3 Which I wryt not for formalities sake, but doe indede fynd myselfe ingaged both in honnor and affection. 1706 F. Atterbury Serm. Funeral Mr. Bennet 20 Nor was his Attendance on Divine Offices a matter of Formality and Custom, but of Conscience. 1874 J. Morley On Compromise 138 If the religious spirit is only a fine name for..mere social formality. 1881 Tylor in Nature No. 623. 529 To give an idea of the state of formality into which life has come among these supposed free-and-easy savages. 7. Ceremony, elaborate procedure. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun] with or in (great, etc.) solemnityc1290 ceremonialc1380 circumstancec1386 celebrityc1425 pomposity?a1475 solemness1530 state1599 fashionableness1608 ceremoniality1623 decorum1638 setness1642 formality1666 ceremonialnessa1680 formalness1684 gravity1689 solemn1706 ceremony1759 panjandrum1860 1666 S. Pepys Diary 11 Apr. (1972) VII. 96 To Gresham College, where a great deal of do and formality in choosing of the Council and Officers. 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels II. 329 Our Enemy makes his Approaches toward us with less Formality..than He..could do against the Holy Jesus. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 105 Prodigious State and Formality. 1865 A. Maffei Brigand Life I. 240 Without a moment's delay, and with scarcely any formality, the sentence was carried into effect. 8. A ceremony; a formal act or observance; a legal, authorized, or customary procedure. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun] > a ceremony or formality ceremonyc1380 rialtyc1415 complement1597 formality1674 rites1929 the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > acting according to some standard, fashion, etc. > conformity to established rules > a procedure formality1674 1674 tr. P. M. de la Martinière New Voy. Northern Countries 52 The pleasant Funeral formalities among the Muscovian Laplanders. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. vi. 530 After the election, he was installed, with all the usual formalities, by Hortensius. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xvi. iv. 32 I insist on the Formality of its being delivered me, with a full Ratification of all the Concessions stipulated. View more context for this quotation 1861 A. Trollope Orley Farm (1862) I. i. 2 A codicil to his will, executed with due legal formalities, bequeathed Orley Farm to his youngest son. 9. a. Something required to be done for form's sake; a requirement of etiquette, custom, etc. (Often depreciatively, implying mere attention to externals.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > acting according to some standard, fashion, etc. > conformity to established rules > mere conventional observance > something done for form's sake formality1664 form1711 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 453 Antichrist and his adherents..boasting of works and dead formalities. 1685 tr. B. Gracián y Morales Courtiers Oracle 169 He shall never gain the esteem of an able man, who sticks too much upon Formalities. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 11 It would put an end..to all those Formalities, which..might yet retard the Infanta's voyage into England. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iv. 210 How, by fasts, vigils, formalities and mass-work, a man's soul could be saved. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. viii. 90 Many a warm shake of the hand showed me that our good~bye was not a mere formality. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §2. 174 Their presence..became so pure a formality that [etc.]. †b. Ceremonious attention (paid to a person). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > ceremonious ceremonyc1386 complement1578 complemento1582 formality1603 accompliment1613 compliment1655 ceremonial1749 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 96 The emperour..become his hoste, entertained him with all the formalities that faigned friendship could deuise. 1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 564 The mayor and aldermen attended on the prince and princesse daily; but had received notice..to desist paying those formalities. 1757 G. Shelvocke, Jr. Shelvocke's Voy. round World (ed. 2) xiv. 407 Those..they guessed..to be above the common sort. These they always received with such formality as could not be expected in such a place. 10. a. plural or collective singular. Robes or insignia of office or dignity. Obsolete exc. Historical †Also (rarely) in singular, an armorial bearing. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] bearing1562 prise1572 formality?1578 charge1599 armorial bearings1610 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > indicative of office, profession, or status robec1300 gown1377 formality?1578 toga1738 toguea1862 ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 52 Appeerz then a fresh, in hiz ful formalitee with a loouely look. 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 196 Neither haue they now the Crown as a part of their habit, but a formalitie only on their Armorie. 1614 T. Lorkin Let. in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) III. 35 Doctors in their formalityes and vpon their foots~cloths. 1696 London Gaz. No. 3176/1 In the morning the Magistrates went to Church in a Body, and in their Formality. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 173. ⁋8 Divest themselves with too much haste of their academical formality. 1753 in London Evening Post 9 Aug. The corporation of Scarborough waited upon the Rt. Hon. Henry Pelham, Esq., in their formalities. 1894 C. W. Boase Registrum Collegii Exoniensis (new ed.) p. xlvii The picture of a man kneeling, with his gown and formalities upon him. †b. In wider sense: Ceremonial or significant garments of any kind. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific purpose > official or ceremonial feast clotha1325 formality1673 full dress1724 toggery1826 grande tenue1829 pontificalibus1855 war-paint1859 1673 W. Cave Primitive Christianity iii. v. 367 They appeared in all the Formalities of Sorrow and Mourning. 1718 S. Centlivre Bold Stroke for Wife v. 56 I hop'd to have been quiet, when once I had put on your odious Formality here [i.e. a Quaker dress]. 11. The attribute of being formal; precision, rigid decorum of manners; excessive regularity or stiffness (of style, outline, etc.). ΘΚΠ 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 > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [noun] > lack of affability strangenessc1386 unhomelinessc1440 fremdnessa1500 coldness1557 coolnessa1586 self-guarda1586 diskindness1596 formality1599 reservedness1606 inaffability1611 restrainta1616 unconess1637 chillness1639 froideur1645 distance1660 starchedness1670 buckram1682 starchness?1693 starch1694 reserve1711 stiffness1717 unapproachableness1727 retirement1803 angularity1824 standoffishness1826 distancy1836 chill1837 starchiness1844 unapproachability1846 hedgehogginess1858 standoff1865 offishness1867 aloofness1878 pokerishness1880 untouchableness1909 untouchability1919 stuffiness1926 the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > pleasing fitness > [noun] > seemliness or propriety seemlihead?a1366 honestya1398 comeliness1440 seemlityc1440 semblessea1500 elegance1540 seemliness1548 decency1584 handsomeness1595 civility1612 pickle1706 bienseancea1797 formality1834 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 21 An eniuersal [sic] marchantly formallity, in habitte, speach, gestures. 1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vi. 157 That which look'd like Formality, was a Punctuality in preserving his dignity. 1789 W. Belsham Ess. I. iii. 66 The frozen formality..of Charles occasioned extreme disgust. 1834 T. B. Macaulay William Pitt in Ess. (1889) 301 His heart was a little cold..his manners decorous even to formality. 1844 T. Hood Haunted House i, in Hood's Mag. Jan. 4 The very yew Formality had train'd To such a rigid pyramidal stature. 1849 Florist 285 On our left the lake, the formality of its smooth banks elegantly broken by those willows. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1531
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