"plainness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-plainness.wav [US] Forms: plainnesses [plural]
Etymology: From plain + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|plain|ness}} plain + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} plainness (usually uncountable, plural plainnesses)
  1. (uncountable) The condition of being plain (in all senses) Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms (condition of being plain—ordinary): normalcy Translations (the condition of being plain): λιτότης (litótēs) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), простота (prostota) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Einfachheit [feminine] (German), Schlichtheit [feminine] (German), دوزلك (düzlük) (Ottoman Turkish)
    Sense id: en-plainness-en-noun-Gz0poky~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 81 19 Disambiguation of 'condition of being plain—ordinary': 77 23 Disambiguation of 'the condition of being plain': 75 25
  2. (countable) The product or result of being plain Tags: countable, usually
    Sense id: en-plainness-en-noun-r3V~ZyIH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: normaldom, normality, normalness

Inflected forms

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