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homy, homey, a. colloq.|ˈhəʊmɪ|
[f. home n. + -y. For analogical spelling, cf. bony, limy.]
Resembling or suggestive of home; home-like; having the feeling of home; homish.
1856Kingsley in Life (1877) I. 488, I like to..feel ‘homey’ wherever I be. 1864Ibid. II. 194, I saw..plenty of our dear English ‘lady's smock’ in the wet meadows near here [Bayonne], which looked very homy. 1874Mrs. Whitney We Girls ix. 181 ‘What a beautiful old homey house it is!’ ‘And what a homey family!’
Hence ˈhominess, homy quality or character, homelikeness.
1885Roe Driven back to Eden 69 A sense of rest, quiet, comfort, and hominess. 1888Pall Mall G. 30 Apr. 11/2 The ‘Hominess’ of the French Character. |