sightlinessn.

/ˈsʌɪtlɪnɪs/

Etymology: < sightly adj. and adv.

Comeliness, handsomeness, beauty.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun]

comelinessc1350

seemlinessc1385

comeliheada1393

goodliheada1413

beseemingc1440

goodliness1449

propernessc1478

sightliness1561

handsomeness1622

speciousness1650

presentability1823

nicelookingness1865

eye appeal1916

spiffiness1981

aegyo1997

1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer i. sig. A.ii^v A Citye in fourme of a palaice, and that not onelye with ordinarie matters,..but also for sightlynesse.

1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man vi. 559 The delectable shew & sightlines of the tree.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. xiii. 303 Thus glasse-eyes may be used, though not for seeing, for sightlinesse.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xv. 65 I, a poor Girl, who..[had only] a kind of imputed Sightliness of Person.

1767 T. Boston Crook in Lot (1805) 11 Faith will discover a hidden sightliness in it, under a very unsightly outward appearance.

1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xviii. 307 Much that for its little sightliness was nothing accounted of, shall prove true metal.

a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) II. 170 Another mode of giving sightliness to the squared dome.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	sightliness
释义	sightlinessn. /ˈsʌɪtlɪnɪs/ Etymology: < sightly adj. and adv. Comeliness, handsomeness, beauty. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun] comelinessc1350 seemlinessc1385 comeliheada1393 goodliheada1413 beseemingc1440 goodliness1449 propernessc1478 sightliness1561 handsomeness1622 speciousness1650 presentability1823 nicelookingness1865 eye appeal1916 spiffiness1981 aegyo1997 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer i. sig. A.ii^v A Citye in fourme of a palaice, and that not onelye with ordinarie matters,..but also for sightlynesse. 1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man vi. 559 The delectable shew & sightlines of the tree. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. xiii. 303 Thus glasse-eyes may be used, though not for seeing, for sightlinesse. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xv. 65 I, a poor Girl, who..[had only] a kind of imputed Sightliness of Person. 1767 T. Boston Crook in Lot (1805) 11 Faith will discover a hidden sightliness in it, under a very unsightly outward appearance. 1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xviii. 307 Much that for its little sightliness was nothing accounted of, shall prove true metal. a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) II. 170 Another mode of giving sightliness to the squared dome. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1561
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