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likeness

li·ke·ness

UK/ˈlaɪknəs/ US/ˈlaɪknʌs/ fairly common

noun

1.

similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things

  • “man created God in his own likeness”
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2.

picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing

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Origin

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; parable”), German Gleichnis (“form; semblance; image; likeness; parable; simile”). The verb is derived from the noun. Compare also Old Norse líkneskja (“figure, image, appearance, likeness”).

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