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homeliness en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English homlynesse, homelynesse, hamelynes, equivalent to homely + -ness.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The property of being homely.
2. (countable, uncountable) The quality associated with home; domesticity.
   • How many familiar faces, rejoicing in our joy, sorrowing with our sorrow—how many cares, pleasant from habit—sickness, whose suffering gave a tenderer character to love—mirth, the mirth of the cheerful hearth or the daily meal—mirth, like home-made bread, sweeter from its very homeliness—... 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 209–210:

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