plainness

Etymology

From plain + -ness.

noun

  1. (uncountable) The condition of being plain (in all senses)
    Yet her beauty clung to her like an identity she was trying to deny and her plainness kept slipping like a bad disguise. 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy
  2. (countable) The product or result of being plain

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