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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
homeliness — mid 14c., from HOMELY (Cf. homely) + NESS (Cf. ness). Originally meekness, gentleness, also familiarity, intimacy; friendliness; sense degenerated by c.1400 to want of refinement in manners, coarseness; presumptuousness … Etymology dictionary
homeliness — homely ► ADJECTIVE (homelier, homeliest) 1) Brit. simple but comfortable. 2) unsophisticated. 3) N. Amer. unattractive. DERIVATIVES homeliness noun … English terms dictionary
homeliness — noun 1. having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance • Syn: ↑dowdiness, ↑drabness • Derivationally related forms: ↑homely, ↑drab (for: ↑drabness), ↑dowdy … Useful english dictionary
Homeliness Apartments 1 — (Минск,Беларусь) Категория отеля: Адрес: Район Улицы Кирова, 220030 Минск … Каталог отелей
Homeliness Apartments 2 — (Минск,Беларусь) Категория отеля: Адрес: Улица Змитрока Бядули 5, 220005 Ми … Каталог отелей
Homeliness Apartments — (Минск,Беларусь) Категория отеля: Адрес: Район Проспекта Независимости , 2200 … Каталог отелей
homeliness — noun see homely … New Collegiate Dictionary
homeliness — See homely. * * * … Universalium
homeliness — noun The property of being homely … Wiktionary
homeliness — home·li·ness || həʊmlɪnɪs n. plainness, simplicity; lack of natural beauty; hominess, domesticity (British) … English contemporary dictionary
