Part 781

I see them lording it in London streets.

Shak.

And lorded over them whom now they serve.

Milton.

Lord"ing, n. [Lord + - ing, 3.] 1. The son of a lord; a person of noble lineage. [Obs.] Spenser.

2. A little lord; a lordling; a lord, in contempt or ridicule. [Obs.] Swift.

In the plural, a common ancient mode of address equivalent to "Sirs" or "My masters."

Therefore, lordings all, I you beseech.

Chaucer.

Lord"kin (?), n. A little lord. Thackeray.

Lord"like`, a. [2d lord + like. Cf. Lordly.]

1. Befitting or like a lord; lordly.

2. Haughty; proud; insolent; arrogant.

Lord"li*ness (?), n. [From Lordly.] The state or quality of being lordly. Shak.

Lord"ling (?), n. [Lord + - ling.] A little or insignificant lord. Goldsmith.

Lord"ly, a. [Compar. Lordlier (?); superl. Lordliest.] [Lord + -ly. Cf. Lordlike.] 1. Suitable for a lord; of or pertaining to a lord; resembling a lord; hence, grand; noble; dignified; honorable.

She brought forth butter in a lordly dish.

Judges v. 25.

Lordly sins require lordly estates to support them.

South.

The maidens gathered strength and grace And presence, lordlier than before.

Tennyson.

2. Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.

Lords are lordliest in their wine.

Milton.

Syn. -- Imperious; haughty; overbearing; tyrannical; despotic; domineering; arrogant. See Imperious.

Lord"ly, adv. In a lordly manner.

Lord*ol"a*try (?), n. [Lord + -olatry, as in idolatry.] Worship of, or reverence for, a lord as such. [Jocose]