handsomeness

English

Etymology

From handsome +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhænsəmnəs/
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Noun

handsomeness (countable and uncountable, plural handsomenesses)

  1. The quality of being handsome.
    • 1826, Julius Hare, Guesses at Truth by Two Brothers:
      Handsomeness […] is the mere animal excellence, […] beauty […] the mere imaginative.
    • 2009, Chika Unigwe, On Black Sisters’ Street, Vintage (2010), page 173:
      His face looked like worn leather but retained the vestiges of an earlier handsomeness that reminded her of a Hollywood star.

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