queenlinessn.
/ˈkwiːnlɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈkwinlinᵻs/ The condition or quality of being queenly.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [noun]
athelc885
highnesseOE
brightnessOE
thrumOE
worshipOE
highship?c1225
nobleyec1300
pridec1330
realtya1375
rialtya1375
greatnessc1384
nobletya1387
magnificencec1390
regalya1393
greatheada1400
hautesse1399
lordliness1440
celsitudec1450
excelsitudec1470
state1488
princeliness1545
kingliness1548
royalty1548
amplitudec1550
grandity1589
grandeur1600
glory1613
majesticalness1613
augusteity1615
grandezza1629
augustness1644
raisedness1645
celsity1656
splendidnessa1657
grandness1663
exaltedness1730
halo1813
queenliness1831
aureole1852
magnateship1916
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > queen > [noun] > position of queen
queenship1536
queendom1657
queenliness1831
queenhood1859
society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > royalty > [noun] > royal person(s) > queen > rank of queen
queenship1536
queendom1657
queenliness1831
queenhood1859
1831 J. G. Whittier Legends of New Eng. 137 A blended grace and dignity of mien Which might befit the daughter of a King—The queenliness of nature.
1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance vi. 54 The homely simplicity of her dress could..scarcely diminish, the queenliness of her presence.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §8. 446 If she [sc. Elizabeth] once broke the silence, it was with a flash of her old queenliness.
1922 E. R. Eddison Worm Ouroboros vii. 82 Lady Prezmyra..outwent the rest in beauty and queenliness as Venus the lesser planets of the night.
1953 Arlington Heights (Illinois) Herald 30 Apr. iv. 1 Her queenliness disappeared..when I realized she had the utmost respect for her appearance—but not for the building in which she had been a guest.
1997 Times (Nexis) 26 June (Sports section) There was never..the least suggestion of queenliness in her bearing. She was rather a rampaging, pillaging conqueror.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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