ill-favouredness

English

Alternative forms

• ill-favoredness (US)

Etymology

From ill-favoured +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪlˈfeɪvədnɪs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪlˈfeɪvɚdnɪs/

Noun

ill-favouredness (uncountable)

1. (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].