Dictionary entry

Homeliness

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Home″li‐ness, n. [From Homely.] 1. Domesticity; care of home. “Wifely homeliness.” Chaucer.

2. Familiarity; intimacy. Chaucer.

3. Plainness; want of elegance or beauty.

4. Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the homeliness of manners, or language. Addison.