Reverse Dictionary: NOBLE

ADJECTIVES
1000 — DEAR of persons: glorious, noble, honourable, worthy → obs.
1175 — DEARWORTH → DERWORTH worthy, honourable, noble, glorious → obs.
1205 — DRIGHTLIKE noble, lordly → obs.
1225 — FAIR excellent, admirable; good, desirable; noble, honourable; reputable → obs.
1250 — WALE chosen; choice, select; excellent, noble, goodly → obs.
1250 — HENDY of a person: courteous, civil, gracious; lovely, agreeable; noble, valiant → obs.
1300 — FAIR AND FREE beautiful and noble; used as a conventional complimentary epithet, originally and chiefly for a woman → arch.
1300 — PRICE worthy, noble; praiseworthy, commendable → obs.
1374 — DEARWORTHY → DERWORTHY worthy, honourable, noble, glorious → obs.
1400 — BURLY stately, dignified, of noble or imposing presence or appearance → obs.
1470 — HAUGHT of exalted character, esp. in the matter of courage; high-minded, noble; lofty → obs.
1598 — MAGNANIMOUS high-souled; nobly ambitious; lofty of purpose; noble in feeling or conduct; superior to petty resentment or jealousy
1656 — REGIFICAL royal, noble, stately; magnificent, lavish, sumptuous, pompous → obs.
1669 — PURPURATE of noble origin; born ‘in the purple’ → obs.
1675 — RACY noble, superior → obs.
..19C — HANDSOME honourable, noble; good, giving good quality or measure → Eng. dial.


ADVERBS
1000 — FAIR in a beautiful or comely manner; agreeably, beautifully, brightly, handsomely, nobly
1450 — PRICELY excellently, nobly, choicely → obs.
1750 — SUMPTUOUSLY splendidly, nobly


NOUNS
1000 — DOUTH virtue, excellence; nobility; power, wealth → obs.
1000 — EARLSHIP manliness, bravery; nobility, lordship → obs.
1300 — HAUTESSE highness, height; loftiness of rank or character; nobility; haughtiness, pride; grandeur, stateliness; length of time → obs.
1300 — PARAGE lineage, descent, rank; esp. noble or high lineage → obs.
1330 — VASSALAGE a brave or chivalrous act; a noble or gallant exploit → obs.
1543 — FACT a noble or brave deed, an exploit; a feat of valour or skill → obs.
1579 — OPTIMACY the upper classes in the state; the nobility or aristocracy → obs.
1771 — MAGNANIMITY nobility of feeling; superiority to petty resentment or jealousy; generous disregard of injuries


NOUNS, PERSON
1000 — EARL a man of noble rank, as distinguished from a ‘ceorl’ or churl, or ordinary freeman → obs.
1123 — EARL a nobleman who ranks below a marquis, and next above a viscount
1300 — HATHEL a noble, a man of worth; man → obs.
1505 — YOUNKER a young nobleman or gentleman; a youth of high rank; orig. Dutch or German → obs.
1551 — BURGRAVE the governor of a town or castle; later, a noble ruling by hereditary right a town or castle, with the adjacent domain
1567 — GENTRY COFE a nobleman  or a gentleman → sl.
1567 — GENTRY MORT a noble woman, or a gentlewoman; a lady → sl.
1590 — GENTLE KNIGHT a noble, generous, courteous person → arch.
1608 — GENTRY COVE a nobleman, a gentleman → UK criminals’ sl.
1611 — GENTRY CUFFIN a nobleman, a gentleman → UK criminals’ sl.
1611 — OPTIMATE a noble or aristocrat
1618 — GOLD HATBAND a nobleman at the University → Brit.  obs.
1629 — PURPLE-WEARER a rich or noble person
1703 — NOB → KNOB a nobleman, a gentleman
1708 — ADELMAN → EADELMAN  a nobleman, an earl, a gentleman (Bk.)
1825 — BERN a man; a knight; a noble → obs. (Bk.)
1854 — GALAHAD a person likened to Sir Galahad in some way, esp. in nobility, integrity, courteousness, etc.
1857 — ATHEL a prince, a noble → Sc.
1862 — BIRTHMAN a man of good birth → obs. (Bk.)
1890 — CADS OF THE ARISTOCRACY liveried footman, servants, and all other hangers-on upon the nobility and gentry → sl. (Bk.)
1936 — BELTED EARL one who assumes or pretends to noble birth → Amer. sl.
1938 — ALII a noble person; a chief → Hawaii


VERBS
1710 — NOBILITATE to raise to noble rank, to give added dignity to → Sc. obs.
1795 — HAVE A SOUL ABOVE BUTTONS to have a refined or noble character or sensibility; to have aspirations or ambitions beyond what is expected or usual for someone born into a manual trade or occupation, or of low social status; to be intellectually or culturally elevated → obs.