plainness

Words with a similar base: plainness

'plainness'

[plainness.n.01] as in: the state of being unmixed with other material

Examples:
the plainness of vanilla ice cream

'plainness'

[perspicuity.n.01] as in: clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous

'plainness'

[plainness.n.03] as in: the appearance of being plain and unpretentious

'plainness'

[homeliness.n.02] as in: an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful

Examples:
fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness

Origins

					plainness (English)
├── -ness (English)
└── plain (English)
    ├── plain (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
    │   ├── planum (Latin)
    │   │   └── planus (Latin)
    │   │       └── πλάνος (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
    │   └── plenus (Latin)
    ├── plainer (Anglo-Norman)
    └── pleyn (English)

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