homeliness
1Homeliness — 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;… …
2homeliness — 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 …
3homeliness — homely ► ADJECTIVE (homelier, homeliest) 1) Brit. simple but comfortable. 2) unsophisticated. 3) N. Amer. unattractive. DERIVATIVES homeliness noun …
4homeliness — noun 1. having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance • Syn: ↑dowdiness, ↑drabness • Derivationally related forms: ↑homely, ↑drab (for: ↑drabness), ↑dowdy …
5Homeliness Apartments 1 — (Минск,Беларусь) Категория отеля: Адрес: Район Улицы Кирова, 220030 Минск …
6Homeliness Apartments 2 — (Минск,Беларусь) Категория отеля: Адрес: Улица Змитрока Бядули 5, 220005 Ми …
7Homeliness Apartments — (Минск,Беларусь) Категория отеля: Адрес: Район Проспекта Независимости , 2200 …
8homeliness — noun see homely …
9homeliness — See homely. * * * …
10homeliness — noun The property of being homely …
