Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Goodliness; beauty.
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- noun obsolete The character or nature of a
goodly person;goodliness . - noun archaic, poetic Goodly appearance or looks;
beauty .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Quoth he, "The sabres of my looks I keep for those who love, My sword for those who have no wit of passion's goodlihead."
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II Anonymous 1879
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So they twain went hand in hand to stand before Giuki and Grimhild and the swart-haired Niblung brethren, and all these were glad-hearted when they marked their joy and goodlihead.
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung William Morris 1865
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"There is none of the kings of kingdoms that may match thy goodlihead:
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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"There is none of the kings of kingdoms that may match thy goodlihead:
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung William Morris 1865
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