Ill-favouredness

//ɪlˈfeɪvədnɪs// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being ill-favoured; ugliness. UK, archaic, uncountable

    "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]."

Example

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"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]."

Etymology

From ill-favoured + -ness.

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