handsomeness
noun/ˈhænsəmnəs/
Etymology From handsome + -ness.
1
The quality of being handsome.
- Handsomeness […]is the mere animal excellence, […]beauty […]the mere imaginative.1826, Julius Hare, Guesses at Truth by Two Brothers:
- His face looked like worn leather but retained the vestiges of an earlier handsomeness that reminded her of a Hollywood star.2009, Chika Unigwe, On Black Sisters’ Street, Vintage (2010), page 173:
- Derived terms
- unhandsomeness