beautilessadj.
/ˈbjuːtɪlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈbjudiləs/ Devoid of beauty; plain, ugly.
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the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [adjective]
unfairc888
unhonestc1384
unlovesomec1390
uncomelya1400
unfreelya1400
unlovelyc1400
unbeautiful1495
beautiless1531
unpretty1562
unhandsomea1586
loveless1601
featureless1609
invenust1623
unhighted?1630
unbeauteousa1660
plain1675
wanliesum1818
unbonny1830
ordinary1847
plainish1856
unsonsy1894
1531 G. Joye tr. Prophete Isaye liii. sig. N.iij Many shal woundre vpon him to se his face so deformed & himselfe so shamefully entretede lyke noman, favourlesse & beutelesse.
1669 J. Bunyan Holy Citie 155 A forlorn beautiless World.
1773 A. Grant Let. 29 Apr. in Lett. from Mountains (1806) I. 35 I am sure he married her beautiless and moneyless, as she was, that she might be a kind stepmother.
1889 J. M. Robertson Ess. Crit. Method 101 White's charming and beautiless sonnet.
1907 Everybody's Mag. Dec. 738/1 You know you are as beautiless as a rhinoceros.
2005 J. Guill Nectar from Stone 128 He was out of reach, scowling down at Annora's form with his beautiless felon's face.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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