Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seemlihead

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: seem-li-head
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition of being seemly; seemliness.

Archaic; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"she […] by his persons secret seemlyhed / Wel weend that he had beene some man of place […]."
"And then his tongue with sober seemlihed / Gave utterance."
"Hereat Alaeddin arose and took horse, his Mamelukes riding a-van and a-rear of him, and they were such that all must cry, "Laud to the Lord who created them and clothed them with such beauty and loveliness." And they scattered gold amongst the crowd in front of their master who surpassed them all in comeliness and seemlihead […]"

Etymology

From Middle English semlyhede, equivalent to seemly + -head.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: semlyhede
Suffix: seemly

Usage

Inflected Forms

seemlihed (alternative)

Synonyms

seemlihood

Questions

What does seemlihead mean?: The condition of being seemly; seemliness.
Where does seemlihead come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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