HOMELINESS - Definition

WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[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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	Synonyms:	dowdiness, drabness, plainness

	See Also:	appearance, inelegance, visual aspect

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	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.