FAIR, FAIRNESS (appearance)
(also see ATTRACTIVE, PRETTY, etc.)
ADJECTIVES
► BEAU fair, beautiful → c1325 obs.
► BEL fair, fine, beautiful → c1314 obs.
► FEG fair, handsome; fine → 1721 Eng. dial. obs.
► GOWANY having a fair appearance; deceptively fine → 1825 Sc.
► QUEME of pleasing appearance; beautiful, fair; neat, tidy → a1300 obs.
► SNOUT-FAIR having a fair countenance; fair-faced, comely, pretty, handsome, good-looking; in frequent use in the 16th and early 17th century, usually with some disparaging suggestion → 1530 obs.
► TALL comely, goodly, fair, handsome; elegant, fine → c1450 obs.
NOUNS
► BELLITUDE beauty, fairness → 1623 obs.
► FAIR beauty, fairness, good looks → c888 obs.
► FAIRLEC fairness, beauty → a1225 obs.
► FAIRSHIP fairness, beauty → c1320 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BELLAMOUR a loved one of either sex; a lady love, a fair lady → 1596 obs.
► BELLE a handsome woman, esp. one who dresses so as to set off her personal charms; a fair lady, a fair one → 1622
► BELLE DAME fair lady, belle → 1767
► BELLIBONE a fair maid, a bonny lass, a beautiful woman → 1579 obs.
VERBS
► FAIR to make fair; to make clean or good-looking; to beautify → c1175 obs.
► VENUSTATE to make beautiful, fair, or sightly → 1656 obs.
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