English
lowlihead
Lowlihead comes from Middle English lowlyhede.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lowlyhede
- Englishearliest quotation 1888lowlihead
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lowlyhede
- Englishearliest quotation 1888lowlihead
Earliest quotation: 1888, Baron Alfred Tennyson Tennyson: “The stately flower of female fortitude, Of perfect wifehood…”
Formed from lowly + -head
Every English word from Middle English lowlyhede
Today it means
noun The state of being lowly; meekness; humility.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English lowlyhede / lowlihead