homeliness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: homeliness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for homeliness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
homeliness n having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance Synonym(s): dowdiness, drabness, homeliness an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful; "fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness" Synonym(s): homeliness, plainness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Homeliness \Home"liness\, n. [From {Homely}.] 1. Domesticity; care of home. [Obs.] [bd]Wifely homeliness.[b8] --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.