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likeness

Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪknəs/

The English word “likeness” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The state or quality of being like or alike.
  2. Appearance or form; guise.
  3. That which closely resembles; a portrait.

verb

  1. To depict.

Etymology

From Middle English liknesse, from Old English līcness, ġelīcnes (“the quality of being like or equal; likeness; image; copy; pattern; example; parable”), from Proto-West Germanic *galīkanassī (“likeness”), equivalent to like + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian likenis (“likeness”), Dutch gelijkenis (“similarity; likeness; parable”), German Low German Glieknis (“form; semblance; likeness;…

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