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lack-looks

lack-looks noun: an unattractive person.

Noun

lack-looks

  1. (obsolete) An unattractive person.
    • Oh but our sweet fac't Gentlewomen will keepe your profession in great request; our lacke-lookes and barren-beauties will vphold it for euer, when the old Baude like a greene apple parch't in an Ouen, or the Italian coulorist with his new cast face shall present this good complexion.1618, Thomas Decker, The Owles Almanacke
    Synonyms:
    unattractive person

Synonyms of lack-looks

  • unattractive person

Forms of lack-looks

alternative formlacklooks

Origin of lack-looks

From lack + looks.

Questions about lack-looks

What does lack-looks mean?
Lack-looks means an unattractive person.
What part of speech is lack-looks?
Lack-looks is a noun.

Words near lack-looks in the dictionary

  1. lack-latins
  2. lack-laughter
  3. lack-learning
  4. lack-life
  5. lack-linen
  6. lack-looks
  7. lack-love
  8. lack-loves
  9. lack-lustre
  10. lack-mind
  11. lack-minds

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