† shandadj.
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
? Beautiful, handsome.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [adjective]
smickerc725
faireOE
lieflyOE
sheenOE
wenlichc1000
wlitic1000
lovesomec1175
lustya1240
flourisheda1375
lovelya1400
weenc1400
beauteous1435
beautifulc1443
finec1450
pulchriousa1500
speciousa1513
shanda1525
speciosea1525
pulchrousc1540
bonny1580
beauty1598
lovelike1621
killing1634
florid1642
beautied1830
stunning1849
fairsome1862
pulchritudinous1877
beaut1894
loverly1907
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 84 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 97 Ye plesant pacok..schand in his schap.
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 112 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 98 That ye wald cry apon crist..To schape me [sc. an Owl] a schand bird.
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adj.a1525- eighteen
- eighteen-headed
- eighteen-hole
- eighteen-knot
- eighteen-penny
- eighteen-pounder
- eighteen-tailed
- eighteen-tonner
- eighteen-twenties
- eighteen-wheeler
- eighteener
- eighteenest
- eighteenheaded
- eighteenhole
- eighteenknot
- eighteenmo
- eighteenmos
- eighteenner
- eighteennest
- eighteenpenny
- eighteenpounder
- eighteens
- eighteentailed
- eighteenth
- eighteenth-centuryism