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homelinesses

homelinesses is the plural of homeliness.

Meaning of homeliness

Noun

homeliness (countable and uncountable, plural homelinesses)

  1. The property of being homely.
  2. 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

Questions about homelinesses

What is homelinesses the plural of?
Homelinesses is the plural of homeliness.

Words near homelinesses in the dictionary

  1. homelife
  2. homelike
  3. homelikeness
  4. homelily
  5. homeliness
  6. homelinesses
  7. homeling
  8. homelings
  9. homelives
  10. homely
  11. homely as a hedge fence

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