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hominess

  • a word derived from homey.
    homey
    adjective
    comfortably informal and inviting; cozy; homelike.
  • a word derived from homy.
    homy
    adjective
    a variant of homey.

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There is also a hominess, a comfort and a familiarity associated with apple pie that is simply not often correlated with pumpkin pie.

From Salon Oct. 21, 2022

Pandemic gardening, with its wholesome hominess and its promise of food independence, was the thing to do, in those weird early days.

From Slate Sep. 6, 2020

Those gestures — the people themselves — give the best approximation of hominess.

From Washington Post May 4, 2016

It’s rock’n’roll, it’s rap, it’s TV stars, but there’s a certain hominess.

From The Guardian Dec. 29, 2015

A clock ticking on the mantelpiece added to the cheerfulness and hominess of the house.

From The Round-Up A romance of Arizona novelized from Edmund Day's melodrama by Day, Edmund