HOMELINESS

homeliness, plainness

(noun) an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful; “fine clothes could not conceal the girl’s homeliness”

dowdiness, drabness, homeliness

(noun) having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

homeliness (countable and uncountable, plural homelinesses)

The property of being homely.

The quality associated with home; domesticity.

Source: Wiktionary


Home"li*ness, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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