Lordliness

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lordliness \Lord"li*ness\, n. [From {Lordly}.]
     The state or quality of being lordly. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  lordliness
       n 1: formality in bearing and appearance; "he behaved with great
            dignity" [syn: {dignity}, {gravitas}]
       2: overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward
          inferiors [syn: {arrogance}, {haughtiness}, {hauteur}, {highhandedness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "lordliness":
     arbitrariness, augustness, authoritarianism, authoritativeness,
     autocraticalness, bossism, courtliness, dignifiedness, dignity,
     domineering, domineeringness, elitism, grandeur, gravity,
     high-and-mightiness, imperativeness, imperiousness, kingliness,
     loftiness, magisterialness, magistrality, majesty, masterfulness,
     nobility, overbearance, overbearing, overbearingness,
     peremptoriness, pride of bearing, pride of place, princeliness,
     proud bearing, regality, sedateness, sobriety, solemnity,
     stateliness, tyrannicalness, venerability, worthiness