unsightlinessn.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈsʌɪtlɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌənˈsaɪtlinᵻs/ (un- prefix1 6; cf. unsightly adj.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [noun]
uglinessc1340
foulnessa1398
dishonestyc1400
deformityc1450
laidure1483
ugsomeness1483
evilfavouredness1535
ill-favouredness1565
hard-favouredness1585
deformedness1588
disgrace1596
unsightliness1611
disfavour1706
hard-featuredness1839
eye-soreness1883
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Sparutezza,..vnhandsomnesse, ill-fauorednesse, vnsightliness.
1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. xiii. 54) The unsightlinesse of his person.
1649 J. Milton Observations in Articles of Peace with Irish Rebels 48 The unsightlinesse of such a Ceremony.
1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. i. xiv. 66 If the unsightliness and pain be in the Legs.
1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 122 Time has healed the wounds of our ecclesiastical ruins, but in Spain they remain in all the unsightliness of recent onslaught.
1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 35 The argument from their unsightliness is of no value.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
<
n.1611