handsomeness

English

Etymology

handsome +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhænsəmnəs/
Audio (CA) (file)

Noun

handsomeness (countable and uncountable, plural handsomenesses)

The quality of being handsome.
- 1826, Julius Hare, Guesses at Truth by Two Brothers:
  Handsomeness […] is the mere animal excellence, […] beauty […] the mere imaginative.

Derived terms

unhandsomeness

Translations

quality of being handsome

Chinese:
Mandarin: 帥氣／帅气 (zh) (shuàiqi), 英俊 (zh) (yīngjùn), 俊俏 (zh) (jùnqiào), 漂亮 (zh) (piàoliang)
Finnish: komeus (fi)
German: Schönheit (de) f
Indonesian: ketampanan
Polish: przystojność (pl) f
Swedish: stilighet (sv) c
Thai: ความหล่อ (th) (kwaam-lɔ̀ɔ)

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