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handsomeness|ˈhænsəmnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being handsome.
†1. Convenience, handiness; fitness. Obs.
1530Palsgr. 229/1 Hansomnesse, aduenanteté. 1552Huloet, Boke whyche for hansomenes may be caried in iourney. 1626Bacon Sylva §14 For hansomeness sake..it were good you hang the upper Glass upon a Nail.
†2. Skill, dexterity, ability, cleverness; propriety, becomingness, decency. Obs.
1555W. Watreman Fardle Facions ii. vi. 151 Teachinge them to ride, to shote..with great diligence, and handsomenes. 1611Cotgr., Habileté..readinesse, handsomenesse, dexteritie. 1656Jeanes Fuln. Christ 66 There may be decency or handsomnesse in the first usage of a thing.
3. Graciousness, courtesy (obs.); magnanimity, liberality.
a1616Beaum. & Fl. Wit without M. i. i, He will not look with any handsomeness Upon a woman. Mod. We must admit the handsomeness of the reward.
4. Seemliness or pleasantness of aspect, or (obs.) of style; elegance, neatness; beauty, comeliness; in mod. use, beauty of a somewhat stately kind.
1598Hakluyt Voy. I. 248 (R.) Townes and villages also, but built out of order, and with no hansomeness. a1616Beaum. & Fl. Wit without M. i. i, A goodly woman; And to her handsomeness she bears her state, Reserved and great. 1687Settle Refl. Dryden 75 Hansomeness in a man I have heard of..but never of Beauty before. 1827Hare Guesses Ser. i. (1873) 32 Handsomeness is the more animal excellence, beauty the more imaginative. 1892E. Reeves Homeward Bound 195 Admiration of the picturesque handsomeness of the men. |