ill-favouredness

English

Alternative forms

ill-favoredness (US)

Etymology

From ill-favoured +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪlˈfeɪvədnɪs/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ɪlˈfeɪvɚdnɪs/

Noun

ill-favouredness (uncountable)

(UK, now rare) The quality of being ill-favoured; ugliness.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
  , II.12:
  Those of Mexico […] so love to have great dugs, that they strive to have their children sucke over their shoulders. So would we set forth ilfavordnesse [translating laideur].

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