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

lorchel
lord
lord it over
lord of the flies
lord protector
lorded
lordest
lordeth
lording
lordings
lordkin
lordkins
lordless
lordlier
lordliest
lordlike (current term)
lordliness
lordlinesses
lordling
lordlings
lordly
lordolatry
lordoma
lordomas
lordoscoliosis
lordoses
lordosis
lordosis reflex
lordotic
lordotic albuminuria

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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