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homeliness
['hәumlinis]
n. 朴素, 野,



homeliness
[ noun ]
  1. having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance

  2. <noun.attribute>
  3. an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful

  4. <noun.attribute>
    fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness




Homeliness \Home"li*ness\, n. [From {Homely}.]
1. Domesticity; care of home. [Obs.] ``Wifely homeliness.''
--Chaucer.

2. Familiarity; intimacy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

3. Plainness; want of elegance or beauty.

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