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Definition of Lordlike
1. a. Befitting or like a lord; lordly.
Definition of Lordlike
1. Adjective. Like a lord; lordly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lordlike
1. lordly [adj] - See also: lordly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lordlike
Literary usage of Lordlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Spider and the Fly: Together with an Attributed Interlude Entitled by John Heywood (1908)
"Flies (quoth the spider) in their proud exercise, Are too far unlike lords, lords'
looks t'enter- prise; lordlike to look, flies' countenance cannot brook; ..."
2. Index to passages of Scripture adduced in controversies respecting the by Robert Cox (1873)
"A fourth opinion is, that" lordlike" may here mean " eminent" or " great," as
... But most conceive that by " the lordlike day" is signified Sunday, ..."
3. A Treasury of the English & German Languages by Joseph Cauvin (1870)
"lordlike, adj. 1 (like a lord), ... Lordly, see lordlike. Lordship, s. 1 (title),
lordship, n., ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"When they are down, it must be good laws, severe punishment, abolishing their
ceremonies and customs in religion, and lordlike Irish government, ..."
5. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... spec, patrician, lordly, lordlike (rare), kingly, princely, regal, royal,
cide- vant (French; literary). Antonyms: see VULGAR, BASE, PLEBEIAN, noble, ..."
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