Home"li*ness, n. [From Homely.]
1. Domesticity; care of home. [Obs.]
"Wifely homeliness." Chaucer.
2. Familiarity; intimacy. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
3. Plainness; want of elegance or
beauty.
4. Coarseness; simplicity; want of
refinement; as, the homeliness of manners, or language.
Addison.