seemliheadn.
/ˈsiːmlɪhɛd/ archaic.
The condition of being seemly; seemliness.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > seemly behaviour or propriety
seemlihead?a1366
honestya1398
comeliness1440
seemlihoodc1440
seemlityc1440
semblessea1500
seemliness1548
decentness1561
decorum?1571
handsomeness1595
civility1612
decency1682
exactness1683
elegance1686
propriety1753
thing1791
bienseancea1797
convenances1831
decorousness1834
the becoming1842
correctnessa1859
good (also bad) form1868
properness1873
correctitude1893
the done thing1917
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
?a1366 Romaunt Rose 777 Ful fetis damiselles two, Right yonge, and fulle of semlihede.
?a1366 Romaunt Rose 1130 A yong man ful of semelihede.
c1403 T. Clanvowe Cuckoo & Nightingale 157 Lowliheed, and trewe companye, Seemliheed, largesse, and curtesye.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. viii. sig. G8v She..By his persons secret seemlyhed Well weend, that he had beene some man of place. View more context for this quotation
1818 J. Keats Endymion iv. 205 And then his tongue with sober seemlihed Gave utterance.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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