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Webster 1913 Edition

Homeliness

Home′li-ness

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Homeliness

HO'MELINESS

,
Noun.
[from homely.] Plainness of features; want of beauty. It expresses less than ugliness.
1.
Rudeness; coarseness; as the homeliness of dress or of sentiments.

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