goodlihood en · NOUN
Etymology
From goodly + -hood, or as a modern assimilation of earlier goodlihead.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being goodly; goodlihead; beauty; splendor.
Oh, could I see as then That figure of defiance, as he stood, Isled in a hush, in all his goodlihood, Superb, majestical, a man of men!
1910, Jay Broadus Hubbell, Franklin Plato Eller, John Carlton Eller:Being now obscured, Soiled with the grime of chores, unbeautified, She shows true gold. The fire which trieth gold Denoteth less itself by instant heat Than Damayanti by her goodlihood. As first sight knew I her.
1985, Epphiphanus Wilson, The Great Classics of India: