LORDLINESS

arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness

(noun) overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors

dignity, lordliness, gravitas

(noun) formality in bearing and appearance; “he behaved with great dignity”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

lordliness (countable and uncountable, plural lordlinesses)

The property of being lordly; the bearing or manner of a lord.

Anagrams

• disenrolls

Source: Wiktionary


Lord"li*ness, n. Etym: [From Lordly.]

Definition: The state or quality of being lordly. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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21 April 2025

ENCYCLOPEDIA

(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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