COMELINESS

comeliness, fairness, loveliness, beauteousness

(noun) the quality of being good looking and attractive

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

comeliness (usually uncountable, plural comelinesses)

Quality of being comely; beauty, attractiveness.

Synonyms

• pulchritude

Anagrams

• incomeless

Source: Wiktionary


Come"li*ness, n. Etym: [See Comely.]

Definition: The quality or state of being comely. Comeliness is a disposing fair Of things and actions in fit time and place. Sir J. Davies. Strength, comeliness of shape, or amplest merit. Milton. Comeliness signifies something less forcible than beauty, less elegant than grace, and less light than prettiness. Johnson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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