Handsomeness

//ˈhænsəmnəs// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being handsome. countable, uncountable

    "Handsomeness […]is the mere animal excellence, […]beauty […]the mere imaginative."

  2. 2
    the quality of having regular well-defined features (especially of a man) wordnet

Example

More examples

"Before 17:00, at Tim Hortons café, I was enjoying an Iced Coffee with oat milk. At the café, sitting at the long table with a drawing of an ice hockey rink thereon, were three mulattoes and one Asian, all of varying stockiness and handsomeness. Homebound, I noticed the abundant horsetails in the alleyway. At home, I listen to Zouk music in French Creole on my tablet, as well as Gringo Pop from the 1970s to the 1990s. I watch, in Tagalog, Jezelle's Vlog about native Philippine life on Mount Tralala. The later afternoon had clearer skies, here on Lulu Island. It's the 14th of May of 2025."

Etymology

From handsome + -ness.

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