- cýmlic
- \cýmlic1 adj comely, lovely, splendid; adv \cýmliclíce
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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comely — [13] Old English had an adjective cymlic ‘beautiful’ (no relation at all to come), but this seems to have died out around the year 1000, and it is likely that comely, which first appears in the early 13th century, represents a reduced version of… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
comely — [13] Old English had an adjective cymlic ‘beautiful’ (no relation at all to come), but this seems to have died out around the year 1000, and it is likely that comely, which first appears in the early 13th century, represents a reduced version of… … Word origins
comely — comelily, adv. comeliness, n. /kum lee/, adj., comelier, comeliest. 1. pleasing in appearance; attractive; fair: a comely face. 2. proper; seemly; becoming: comely behavior. [bef. 1000; ME cumli, OE cymlic lovely, equiv. to cyme exquisite (c. MHG … Universalium
comely — come|ly [ˈkʌmli] adj literary old fashioned [: Old English; Origin: cymlic, from cyme beautiful, fine ] a comely woman is attractive >comeliness n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
comely — beautiful, handsome, c.1400, probably from O.E. cymlic lovely, splendid, finely made, from cyme exquisite, glorious, delicate, from W.Gmc. *kumi delicate, feeble (Cf. O.H.G. chumo with difficulty, chumig weak, delicate; Ger. kaum hardly, scarcely … Etymology dictionary
comely — come•ly [[t]ˈkʌm li, ˈkɒm , ˈkoʊm [/t]] adj. li•er, li•est 1) pleasing in appearance; attractive; good looking 2) proper; seemly; becoming • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME cumli, OE cȳmlīc lovely =cȳme exquisite (c. MHG kūme weak, tender) + līc ly… … From formal English to slang
comely — [kum′lē] adj. comelier, comeliest [ME comli < OE cymlic < cyme, lovely, delicate, orig., feeble; akin to MHG kume, weak (Ger kaum, scarcely) < IE base * gou , to cry out > Gr goaein, to groan, bewail] 1. pleasant to look at;… … English World dictionary
