1-Stop Dictionary Reference

Plainness

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The condition of being plain (in all senses)

n. The product or result of being plain

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The quality or state of being plain.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The state or quality of being plain

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the state of being unmixed with other material

n. clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous

n. an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful

n. the appearance of being plain and unpretentious

Word Usage

"There are two differing roots for this term: Some claim it refers to the plainness of vanilla ice cream as opposed to those who like more adventurous flavors; others believe it comes from techno-culture, where a “vanilla” PC means a very basic machine, without bells and whistles."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

purity pureness clearness lucidity pellucidity

Verb Stem

plain

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

candour directness truthfulness clearness earnestness