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单词 homeliness
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homelinessn.

Brit. /ˈhəʊmlɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈhoʊmlinᵻs/
Forms:

α. Middle English hamelynes (northern), Middle English hamlynes (northern), Middle English hoomlynesse, Middle English–1500s homelynes, Middle English–1500s homelynesse, Middle English–1500s homlynes, Middle English–1500s homlynesse, Middle English–1600s homlines, 1500s whomelines, 1500s–1600s homelines, 1500s–1600s homelinesse, 1600s– homeliness; also Scottish pre-1700 hamelenes, pre-1700 hamelines, pre-1700 hameliness, pre-1700 hamelynes, pre-1700 hamlines, pre-1700 hamlynes, pre-1700 haymlynes, pre-1700 hemlines.

β. Middle English homblynes, Middle English homblynesse, Middle English hoomblynesse.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: homely adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < homely adj. + -ness suffix. Compare homelihead n.The β. forms either simply show excrescent -b-, or may be influenced by humbleness n.
1. Kindness, kindliness; familiarity, intimacy. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > affection > [noun]
lovingeOE
cherte?c1225
amoura1300
dearnessc1320
affectionc1384
homelinessc1384
kindnessc1390
affect1440
gleimc1449
regard?1533
infection1600
affectation1607
fonding1640
endearedness1654
charities1667
endearment1709
affectuosity1730
affectionateness1751
fondliness1821
grá1833
aroha1846
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Cor. x. 1 I Poul biseche ȝou, by the homlynesse, or myldenesse, and softenesse, or pacience, of Crist.
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Melibeus (Hengwrt) (2003) §716 Ouer greet homlynesse engendreth despisynge.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 244 Forto cleue to a thing..and ȝit for to haue noon homelynes with the same thing were an vnchereful thing.
a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) Prol. 3 Fosterand barnes with hamlynes.
a1500 (c1380) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 462 (MED) Crist bicliptide ȝonge & pore in tokene of his homelynesse.
2. The quality or condition of being homely (homely adj. 2); simplicity, plainness; rusticity. Also: an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun]
goodshipOE
goodnessOE
well-willingnessOE
goodlaikc1175
charity?c1225
courtesy1297
kindnessc1300
meeknessc1300
kindheada1325
benignityc1374
benevolencec1384
kindshipa1393
betternessa1400
homeliness1402
goodliness1405
courteousnessc1430
kindliness1440
kindlaikc1450
beneficialness1528
beneficence1531
benevolency1545
beneficency1576
kindheartedness1583
benefiting1594
candidness1643
benefacture1651
geniality1652
candour1653
hearta1656
obliging1676
benevolentness1736
affectionateness1751
warm-heartedness1808
Samaritanism1843
sweet-heartedness1865
benignancy1876
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [noun]
enqueyntance1297
knowledgec1384
homeliness1402
acquaintancec1540
familiarity1574
habit1586
discourse1603
frequence1603
familiarness1612
conversationa1626
conversea1652
acquaintedness1661
intimacy1714
inquaintancea1834
hability1840
the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > homeliness or familiarity
homeliness1402
homeliheadc1450
habit1586
hominess1885
the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [noun] > homeliness or rusticity
churlhood1382
uplandishness1530
rusticity1531
rusticality1572
homeliness1576
rusticalnessa1603
rusticness1653
bucolicism1879
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [noun]
outspeakingc1450
plainness1465
simplicity?a1475
homeliness1576
parrhesia1577
planiloquy1658
plain speaking?c1663
nakedness1711
incomplexity1778
outspokennessa1786
plain-spokenness1840
gracility1900
the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [noun]
unhightness1398
uncomeliness1542
unhandsomenessa1586
unlovelinessa1586
plainness1656
unprettiness1675
homeliness1709
unattractiveness1836
unbeauteousness1886
charmlessness1908
unbeautifulness-
1402 T. Hoccleve Lepistre Cupide (Huntington) l. 132 in Minor Poems (1970) ii. 298 On maddyng he be so deepe broght, Þat he shende al with open hoomlynesse.
a1450 (c1395) Prefatory Epist. St. Jerome in Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (New Coll. Oxf.) (1850) iv. 64 Hooly homelynesse [a1425 E.V. cherlhed; L. rusticitas] in byleeue profitith to him silf aloone.
1557 R. Edgeworth Serm. very Fruitfull xi. f. cciiv I thinke that yf we sawe nowe in oure time the tiringe of her, the dressing of her head, and the whomelines of her raiment, it woulde make vs laughe, and yet it was good and huswyfely for that time I doubte not.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Dionysius Antiochenus in Panoplie Epist. 304 With homelines of style and basenesse of phrase.
1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. §xlviii Homelinesse makes lesse show, and hath lesse danger.
1672 H. Herbert Narr. in Camden Misc. (1990) XXX. 350 The Hollanders who delight in cleanlinesse as much as they doe in homlines.
1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. (ed. 2) II. 69 Your Beauty (now so conspicuous) will quickly wither, by Time and Want, degenerated to Homeliness.
1764 R. Hurd Dial. Uses Foreign Travel 97 I have never hear'd that the loveliness of her [sc. Liberty's] form is impaired, or even disgraced, by the homeliness of her habitation.
1822 European Mag. & London Rev. Aug. 160/2 The style is homely without being coarse; it is a homeliness characteristic of the age.
1885 J. H. Ewing Story Short Life ii. 17 The huts for married men and officers were of varying degrees of comfort and homeliness.
1927 S. Lewis Elmer Gantry vii. 108 The sitting-room had the homeliness of a New England farm-house, with hectically striped rag carpet.
1978 W. B. Hunter Milton Encycl. III. 113/2 His style gained strength from its directness and its homeliness.
2002 Guardian 31 Dec. 25/4 Despite her extreme talent, she retains an ordinariness, homeliness and fallibility that every jogger in the park can relate to.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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