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Webster 1913 Edition


Costlewe

Cost′lewe

(-l?)
,
Adj.
Costly.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


costlewe

costlewe

English

Adjective

costlewe (comparative more costlewe, superlative most costlewe)

  1. (obsolete) costly
    • 1394, Chaucer, “v. 415”, in The Parson's Tale:
      Allas, may man nat seen, as in oure dayes, the synful costlewe array of clothynge