'Homeliness' definitions:

Definition of 'homeliness'

(from WordNet)
noun
Having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance [syn: dowdiness, drabness, homeliness]
noun
An appearance that is not attractive or beautiful; "fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness" [syn: homeliness, plainness]

Definition of 'Homeliness'

From: GCIDE
  • Homeliness \Home"li*ness\, n. [From Homely.]
  • 1. Domesticity; care of home. [Obs.] "Wifely homeliness." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Familiarity; intimacy. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Plainness; want of elegance or beauty. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the homeliness of manners, or language. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

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