good-looking, a.
(Stress variable.)
Having a good appearance; esp. with reference to beauty of countenance. (Cf. the older well-looking a.)
| 1780 Davies Garrick (1781) II. 92 Holland, to speak in a familiar phrase, was what we call a good-looking man. 1806 A. Hunter Culina 52 If well dressed, this is a good looking dish. 1847 James Convict ii, He was tall, strong, and good⁓looking. |
Hence goodˈlookingness.
| 1829 J. Wilson in Blackw. Mag. XXV. 384 Wizened jades both, without the most distant approach to good-lookingness. 1891 Spectator 4 July, Dignity and good-lookingness. |