HANDSOMENESS

handsomeness, good looks

(noun) the quality of having regular well-defined features (especially of a man)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

handsomeness (countable and uncountable, plural handsomenesses)

The quality of being handsome.

Source: Wiktionary


Hand"some*ness, n.

Definition: The quality of being handsome. Handsomeness is the mere animal excellence, beauty the mere imaginative. Hare.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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27 December 2024

OBLIGATE

(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”


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