Middle English Dictionary Entry
persō̆nā̆litẹ̄ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | persō̆nā̆litẹ̄ n. |
| Etymology | OF personalité & ML persōnālitās. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The quality or fact of being a person; (b) ?physical appearance; ?demeanor, bearing.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.296 : Al þe personalite of man stondiþ in þe spirit of him.
b
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)11.18 (v.1:p.107) : He was sett forth to stonden biforn hym and also to help to seruen hym, for he was of personalite wele favourid and comely, and in al his behavyng bothe curtaise and manerly.