seemlihood

English

Alternative forms

• seemlyhood

Etymology

From Middle English semlyhode, variant of semlyhede (modern English seemlihead); equivalent to seemly +‎ -hood.

Noun

seemlihood (uncountable)

1. The state, condition, or quality of being seemly; seemliness.
   • 1890, Eric Mackay, A lover's litanies: and other poems - Page 47:

     And flowers have made confessions unto me At which I marvel; for they rail at thee And call thee heartless in thy seemlihood, Though queen-elect of all the flowers that be.

   • 1896, Julia Evelyn Ditto Young, This then is the story of Glynne's wife told in numbers - Page 14:

     Proclaimed himself her loyal knight, and swore Glynne to coerce to decent seemlihood, Begged her to cease her tears, lest ravaged cheek And sunken eyes unfitted her for all Engagements of the evening, [...]