Dictionary

handsomeness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈhænsəmnəs/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Middle English hond Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som Middle English hondsom English handsome Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English handsomeness From handsome + -ness.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being handsome.
   • Handsomeness […]is the mere animal excellence, […]beauty […]the mere imaginative. 1826, Julius Hare, Guesses at Truth by Two Brothers:
   • His face looked like worn leather but retained the vestiges of an earlier handsomeness that reminded her of a Hollywood star. 2009, Chika Unigwe, On Black Sisters’ Street, Vintage (2010), page 173:

Forms

Deriveds

unhandsomeness

Translations (14)

cmn 俊俏 (quality of being handsome) · mi purotutanga (quality of being handsome) · es apostura (quality of being handsome) · fi komeus (quality of being handsome) · cmn 漂亮 (quality of being handsome) · cmn 英俊 (quality of being handsome) · th ความหล่อ (quality of being handsome) · sv stilighet (quality of being handsome) · es guapura (quality of being handsome) · pt beleza (quality of being handsome) · de Schönheit (quality of being handsome) · pl przystojność (quality of being handsome) · id ketampanan (quality of being handsome) · cmn 帥氣 /帅气 (quality of being handsome)