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ill-favouredness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɪlˈfeɪvɚdnɪs/ (General-American)
  • /ɪlˈfeɪvədnɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From ill-favoured + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (UK, archaic, uncountable) The quality of being ill-favoured; ugliness.
    • Those of Mexico […] so love to have great dugs, that they strive to have their children sucke over their shoulders. So would we set forth ilfavordnesse [translating laideur]. , II.12

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