"lofly" meaning in All languages combined

See lofly on Wiktionary

Adjective [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈlɔfliː/, /ˈlɔːfliː/, /-liːk/
Etymology: From lof (“praise”) + -ly (adjectival suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|enm|lof|-ly|id1=praise|id2=adjectival|pos2=adjectival suffix|t1=praise}} lof (“praise”) + -ly (adjectival suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} lofly, {{enm-adj}} lofly
  1. praiseworthy, commendable, excellent Tags: Northern, poetic, uncommon
    Sense id: en-lofly-enm-adj-O6BIeRor Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival), Northern Middle English Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 89 4 7 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival): 96 4 Disambiguation of Northern Middle English: 95 5
  2. commendatory, complimentary Tags: Northern, poetic, uncommon
    Sense id: en-lofly-enm-adj-7X7GNsON
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: loflike, looflike, loovelike, lovely
Etymology number: 1

Adjective [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} lofly, {{enm-adj}} lofly
  1. Alternative form of lovely (adjective) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: lovely (extra: adjective)
    Sense id: en-lofly-enm-adj-4bLdFm8F
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for lofly meaning in All languages combined (2.7kB)

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "lovely",
            "id": "worthy"
          },
          "expansion": "English: lovely",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: lovely"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco-smi",
            "2": "lovely"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Scots: lovely",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Scots: lovely"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "lof",
        "3": "-ly",
        "id1": "praise",
        "id2": "adjectival",
        "pos2": "adjectival suffix",
        "t1": "praise"
      },
      "expansion": "lof (“praise”) + -ly (adjectival suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From lof (“praise”) + -ly (adjectival suffix).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{1}}}",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{3}}}",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lofly",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lofly",
      "name": "enm-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "89 4 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "96 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Northern Middle English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "praiseworthy, commendable, excellent"
      ],
      "id": "en-lofly-enm-adj-O6BIeRor",
      "links": [
        [
          "praiseworthy",
          "praiseworthy"
        ],
        [
          "commendable",
          "commendable"
        ],
        [
          "excellent",
          "excellent"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "poetic",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "commendatory, complimentary"
      ],
      "id": "en-lofly-enm-adj-7X7GNsON",
      "links": [
        [
          "commendatory",
          "commendatory"
        ],
        [
          "complimentary",
          "complimentary"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "poetic",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɔfliː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɔːfliː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-liːk/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "loflike"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "looflike"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "loovelike"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lovely"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lofly"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{1}}}",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{3}}}",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lofly",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lofly",
      "name": "enm-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "adjective",
          "word": "lovely"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of lovely (adjective)"
      ],
      "id": "en-lofly-enm-adj-4bLdFm8F",
      "links": [
        [
          "lovely",
          "lovely#Middle_English:_adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lofly"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English adjectives",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English poetic terms",
    "Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival)",
    "Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Middle English uncommon terms",
    "Northern Middle English"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "lovely",
            "id": "worthy"
          },
          "expansion": "English: lovely",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: lovely"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco-smi",
            "2": "lovely"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Scots: lovely",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Scots: lovely"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "lof",
        "3": "-ly",
        "id1": "praise",
        "id2": "adjectival",
        "pos2": "adjectival suffix",
        "t1": "praise"
      },
      "expansion": "lof (“praise”) + -ly (adjectival suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From lof (“praise”) + -ly (adjectival suffix).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{1}}}",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{3}}}",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lofly",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lofly",
      "name": "enm-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "praiseworthy, commendable, excellent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "praiseworthy",
          "praiseworthy"
        ],
        [
          "commendable",
          "commendable"
        ],
        [
          "excellent",
          "excellent"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "poetic",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "commendatory, complimentary"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "commendatory",
          "commendatory"
        ],
        [
          "complimentary",
          "complimentary"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "poetic",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɔfliː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɔːfliː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-liːk/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "loflike"
    },
    {
      "word": "looflike"
    },
    {
      "word": "loovelike"
    },
    {
      "word": "lovely"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lofly"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English adjectives",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{1}}}",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{3}}}",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lofly",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lofly",
      "name": "enm-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "adjective",
          "word": "lovely"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of lovely (adjective)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lovely",
          "lovely#Middle_English:_adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lofly"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.