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homeliness|ˈhəʊmlɪnɪs| [f. homely a. + -ness.] The quality or condition of being homely; † familiarity, intimacy (obs.); † kindness, kindliness (obs.); simplicity, plainness; lack of beauty.
a1340Hampole Psalter Prol., Fosterand barnes wiþ hamlynes. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 462 Crist bicliptide ȝonge and pore in tokene of his homelynesse. c1386Chaucer Melib. ⁋720 Ouer greet hoomlynesse engendreth dispreisynge. c1449Pecock Repr. 244 Forto cleue to a thing..and ȝit for to haue noon homelynes with the same thing were an vnchereful thing. 1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 304 With homelines of style and basenesse of phrase. 1656Bp. Hall Occas. Medit. (1851) 55 Homeliness makes less shew, and hath less danger. 1764Hurd Dial. Uses of For. Trav. (R.), I have never heard that the loveliness of her form is impaired, or even disgraced, by the homeliness of her habitation. 1837Howitt Rur. Life ii. iii. (1862) 107 Life in the country..presenting a picture of simplicity, homeliness, and quiet. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. vi. II. 69 She well knew that she was not handsome, and jested freely on her own homeliness. |