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- [n] an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful; "fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness"
- [n] lacking stylishness or neatness
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HOMELINESS is a 10 letter word that starts with H. |
| | Synonyms: | | dowdiness, drabness, plainness |
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| | See Also: | | appearance, inelegance, visual aspect |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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