About The Word Homeliness
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Homeliness
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What's The Definition Of Homeliness?
[n] an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful; "fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness"
[n] lacking stylishness or neatness Synonyms | Synonyms for Homeliness: dowdiness | drabness | plainness Related Terms | Find terms related to Homeliness: See Also | appearance | inelegance | visual aspect Homeliness In Webster's Dictionary \Home"li*ness\, n. [From {Homely}.]
1. Domesticity; care of home. [Obs.] ``Wifely homeliness.''
--Chaucer.
2. Familiarity; intimacy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
3. Plainness; want of elegance or beauty.
4. Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the
homeliness of manners, or language. --Addison.
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