Meanings
plural comelinesses · alternative comliness
- uncountableusuallyQuality of being comely; beauty, attractiveness.
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Hereat Alaeddin arose and took horse, his Mamelukes riding a-van and a-rear of him, and they were such that all must cry, "Laud to the Lord who created them and clothed them with such beauty and loveliness." And they scattered gold amongst the crowd in front of their master who surpassed them all in comeliness and seemlihead[…]
1885–1888, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume (please specify the volume), [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLCSynonyms: pulchritude
Synonyms & antonyms
nounQuality of being comely; beauty, attractiveness.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe quality of being good looking and attractive
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*kūmijaz
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Proto-Germanic*kūmijalīkaz
- Proto-West Germanic*kūmijalīk
- Old Englishcȳmlīċ
- Middle Englishcomli
- Englishcomely
- Englishcomeliness
From comely + -ness (“the quality of being”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian хубост
- хубост (hubost)Quality of being comely; beauty
Tamil அழகு
- அழகு (aḻaku)Quality of being comely; beauty
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Cite this entry
comeliness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comeliness
“comeliness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comeliness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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