What does "homeliness" mean?
Homeliness: Familiarity; intimacy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Additional senses
- 2.Plainness; want of elegance or beauty.
- 3.Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the homeliness of manners, or language. Addison.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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