ladilike
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Mea amica eſt potens, procax, magnifica, ſumptuoſa, nobilis, My beſtbeloue oꝛ paramour is a woman of good habilitee, ⁊ ſhe is euer crauyng magnificent, oꝛ ladilike, a chargeable, oꝛ coſtly piece, and a gentill woman."
- "Coniux imperioſa. Ouidius. A ladylike^([sic]) wife that will be obeyed. / Conſul imperioſus. Cic[ero]. / Dura domina, imperioſa. Cic. A rigorous and ladilike dame that will be obeyed."
- "O Memory (quoth Inquiſition) this is not Diana: no Diana, no Gouzaga, no Emila, no Cariclia, no Pallas, no Iuno, no, not knowing Minerua, may compare with her, foꝛ the flouriſhing feature of her incompꝛehenſible complexion, foꝛ the comly compoſition of her Ladilike limmes, being the perfecteſt peece of wooꝛke that euer Nature created, that euer earth nouryſhed, oꝛ that euer death deſtroyed, […]"
- "Lordlie, imperious, ſtately, that hath great rule, done ladilike, that will be obeyed ſtreightly, that commandeth by authoritie and maſterſhippe, rough, that may not be ſtriuen againſt."
- "Looke to thy Exchequo[u]ʳ where Subiects be all cheaked by Osborne and Fanshaw, thy Tellers & Audito[u]ʳˢ. Also whose Dames are not contented w[i]ᵗʰ M[ast]ʳᵉˢ but Ladilike do goe, wee dare not speake their treaso[u]ʳ is so greate, but weale & lament, and vnder the burthen of Milles & Roper Offices do daylie groane."
- "But in reſpect of the marvellous efficacie, which fine v and pure hony hath in preſerving health, v. that groſſe and earthie ſtuffe is no white comparable to this celeſtial nectar. Although ſome queint & ladilike palats (whom nothing but that which is far ſaught and deere bought can pleaſe) vnhappily neglect it."
Usage
Inflected Forms
more ladilike (comparative)
most ladilike (superlative)