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<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A little lord; a lordling; a lord, in contempt or ridicule.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Swift.</i>

<note>&hand; In the plural, a common ancient mode of address equivalent to "Sirs" or "My masters."</note>

<blockquote>Therefore, <b>lordings</b> all, I you beseech. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lordkin</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Lord"kin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A little lord.</def>

<i>Thackeray.</i>

<h1>Lordlike</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Lord"like`</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[2d <ets>lord + like</ets>. Cf. <er>Lordly</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Befitting or like a lord; lordly.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Haughty; proud; insolent; arrogant.</def>

<h1>Lordliness</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Lord"li*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Lordly</er>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being lordly.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Lordling</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Lord"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Lord</ets> + <ets>-ling</ets>.]</ety> <def>A little or insignificant lord.</def>

<i>Goldsmith.</i>

<h1>Lordly</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Lord"ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Lordlier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Lordliest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[<ets>Lord</ets> + <ets>-ly</ets>. Cf. <er>Lordlike</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Suitable for a lord; of or pertaining to a lord; resembling a lord; hence, grand; noble; dignified; honorable.</def>

<blockquote>She brought forth butter in a <b>lordly</b> dish. <i>Judges v. 25.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Lordly</b> sins require <b>lordly estates to support them</b>. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The maidens gathered strength and grace And presence, <b>lordlier</b> than before. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.</def>

<blockquote>Lords are <b>lordliest</b> in their wine. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Imperious; haughty; overbearing; tyrannical; despotic; domineering; arrogant. See <er>Imperious</er>.</syn>

<h1>Lordly</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Lord"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a lordly manner.</def>