homely
Significat (Anglès)
- Characteristic of, belonging to, or befitting a home; domestic, cosy.
- (Canada, US) Lacking in beauty or elegance, plain in appearance, physically unattractive.
- (UK, dialectal) On intimate or friendly terms with (someone); familiar; at home (with a person); intimate.
- (UK, dialectal) Domestic; tame.
- (UK, dialectal) Personal; private.
- (UK, dialectal) Friendly; kind; gracious; cordial.
- (India) Conservative and family-oriented.
- Simple; plain; familiar; unelaborate; unadorned.
Oposat a
comely
Sinònims
Demotic
ugly-looking
poor shape
Traduccions
feo
simple
feio
casalingo
άσχημος
basit
unansehnlichFreqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈhəʊmli/
Etimologia (Anglès)
In summary
From Middle English homly, hoomly, hamely (“domestic, familiar, plain, unattractive”), from Old English *hāmlīċ (“of the home, domestic”), from Proto-West Germanic *haimalīk (“of or characteristic of home”), equivalent to home + -ly. Cognate with Scots hamely (“familiar, personal, private”), West Frisian heimelik, Dutch heimelijk (“secret, secretive, clandestine”), German heimlich (“secret, secretive, clandestine, undercover”), Danish hemmelig (“secret”), Swedish hemlig (“secret, concealed, privy, covert”), Faroese heimligur (“homelike, homey”), Icelandic heimlegur (“homely; worldly”).
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