featnessn.
/ˈfiːtnɪs/ 1. † b. Nicety. Obsolete.
a. Elegance, shapeliness, spruceness, trimness.
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the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > elegance > [noun]
elegancy?a1475
elegance1545
featness1576
garb1591
vagisness1604
fashionableness1640
gentility1753
featliness1843
concinnity1855
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun] > neatness or trimness
dapperness1530
featishness1530
trimness1552
neatness1555
featness1576
pickedness1578
spruceness1594
comptness1611
deftness1612
smugness1632
jemminess1756
spick and span1758
smartness1768
sprucery1813
dapperism1830
nattiness1846
sleekness1866
spit and polish1895
spick-and-spanness1911
1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 21 Featnesse with neatnesse hath neighbourhood enough.
c1610–15 Some Notes before Liues in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 25 The featnesse..of the bodie..is the fouling..of the soule.
1652 G. Wharton tr. J. Rothmann Chiromancy in Wks. (1683) 532 The Lines and other Signatures, are..by their Featness more perspicuous.
1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. Featness (or Neatness), propreté, gentillesse.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun] > careful exactness
nicetya1393
featness1577
accurateness1611
accuracy1644
the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [noun]
curiosityc1386
delicacya1393
curiousnessc1440
delicatesse1509
delicateness?1529
daintethness1548
exquisiteness?c1550
over-curiousness1573
featness1577
daintiness1579
dainty1590
finicality1594
niceness1604
squeamishness1654
fastidiousness1661
choicenessa1665
overnicety1664
finicalness1675
hypercriticism1678
overniceness1694
nicety1723
over-delicacy1745
daintihood1780
finickiness1833
finicism1844
over-criticism1859
overfineness1859
particularness1859
faddiness1865
finicking1869
picksomeness1881
pernicketiness1890
perfectionism1937
choosiness1945
pickiness1952
1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande i. f. 4/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The language caryeth such difficultie with it..for..the curious featnesse [1587 featnes] of the pronounciation.
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