Homeliness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Homeliness \Home"li*ness\, n. [From {Homely}.]
     1. Domesticity; care of home. [Obs.] "Wifely homeliness."
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     2. Familiarity; intimacy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.


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     3. Plainness; want of elegance or beauty.
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     4. Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the
        homeliness of manners, or language. --Addison.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  homeliness
       n 1: lacking stylishness or neatness [syn: {dowdiness}, {drabness}]
       2: an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful; "fine
          clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness" [syn: {plainness}]