† bonairnessn.
Obsolete.
Gentleness, mildness, courtesy.
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manshipOE
metheOE
courtesy?c1225
debonairty?c1225
gentrice?c1225
debonairshipa1240
hendlaika1250
fairnessc1275
hendiness?a1300
hendshipc1300
meeknessc1300
bonairty1303
bonairnessc1375
debonairness1382
humanityc1384
menskinga1400
hendnessc1400
comity1542
civilness1556
civility1561
courtshipa1640
discretion1752
c1375 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 357 Bonernesse, þat is a vertue of mekenesse, whanne men done as þei ben conseilid.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. iv. 21 Schal I come to ȝou..in spirit of bonernesse, or myldenesse?
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n.c1375- alimentarious
- alimentary
- alimentary canal
- alimentary or digestive tract
- alimentary system
- alimentary tract
- alimentary tube
- alimentation
- alimentations
- alimentative
- alimentatively
- alimentativeness
- alimented
- alimenter
- alimenting
- alimentive
- alimentiveness
- alimentous
- aliments
- alimon
- alimonies
- alimonious
- alimony
- alimony case
- alimony claim