单词 | homelikeness |
释义 | > as lemmasˈhomelikeness ˈhomelikeness n. the quality or condition of being homelike. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [noun] > home > quality homishness1835 homeness1839 homelikeness1851 1851 H. C. Knight New Mem. Hannah More xvi. 290 Miss More's ready and gentle acquiescence to this providential ordering of her affairs gratified her friends, and reflected peace and homelikeness throughout her new abode. 1887 ‘E. Lyall’ Knight-errant II. ix. 215 Its air of comfort and homelikeness. 1992 J. R. Martin Schoolhome (1995) i. 12 Maintaining that the Casa dei Bambini ‘is not simply a place where the children are kept, not just an asylum, but a true school for their education’, she indicated that even in its homelikeness it was to be educative. < as lemmas |
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