goodlihead

alternative goodlyhead

1. obsoleteuncountableThe character or nature of a goodly person; goodliness.

   But mote thy goodlyhed forgiue it mee, / To weet, which of the Gods I shall thee name, / That vnto thee due worship I may rightly frame.

   1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

2. archaicpoeticuncountableGoodly appearance or looks; beauty.

   The lilies, of great goodlihead, divinely tall, sway with a stately, languid grace; the Canterbury bells are all ringing.

   1893, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, The Living Age ...

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   Now, by the strength and fury of Hercules -- To whom in stature, might, and goodlihead Most like thou art I pray thee, have in mind Him, and resolve to match his deeds with thine.

   1943, Quintus (Smyrnaeus), Arthur Sanders Way, The Fall of Troy

   Let me but have my tea and sugar, my well-fed ass and my good wife at hand, and let my children wax in stature and goodlihead — then my cup is full, I crave nothing more.

   1950, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The wisdom of the sands