HOMELINESS
\hˈə͡ʊmlinəs], \hˈəʊmlinəs], \h_ˈəʊ_m_l_i_n_ə_s]\
Definitions of HOMELINESS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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lacking stylishness or neatness
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an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful; "fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness"
By Princeton University
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lacking stylishness or neatness
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an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful; "fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Domesticity; care of home.
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Plainness; want of elegance or beauty.
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Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the homeliness of manners, or language.
By Oddity Software
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Domesticity; care of home.
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Plainness; want of elegance or beauty.
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Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the homeliness of manners, or language.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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