ill-favouredness
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- ill-favoredness (US)
Etymology[edit]
From ill-favoured + -ness.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪlˈfeɪvədnɪs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪlˈfeɪvɚdnɪs/
Noun[edit]
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].