homely的词源

英文词源

homely (adj.)

late 14c., "of or belonging to home or household, domestic," from Middle English hom "home" (see home (n.)) + -ly (2). Sense of "plain, unadorned, simple" is late 14c., and extension to "having a plain appearance, ugly, crude" took place c. 1400, but now survives chiefly in U.S., especially in New England, where it was the usual term for "physically unattractive;" ugly being typically "ill-tempered."

中文词源

homely：家常的，舒服的，平凡的，相貌平庸的

home,家，-ly,形容词后缀。引申褒义词义家的，舒服的，贬义词义平凡的，相貌平庸的。

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homely：家庭的，家常的；朴实的，朴素的

词根词缀： home家 + -ly形容词词尾