Definition of Greenishness

1. Noun. The property of being somewhat green.

Generic synonyms: Green, Greenness, Viridity
Derivative terms: Greenish

Definition of Greenishness

1. Noun. The quality of being greenish. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Greenishness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Greenishness

greenhouselike
greenhouses
greenie
greenier
greenies
greeniest
greenified
greenify
greenifying
greening
greenings
greenish
greenish blue
greenish yellow
greenishly
greenishness (current term)
greenishnesses
greenism
greenkeeper
greenkeepers
greenkeeping
greenlet
greenlets
greenlight
greenlighted
greenlighting
greenlights
greenling
greenlings
greenlit

Literary usage of Greenishness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Psychology, General and Applied by Hugo Münsterberg (1914)
"Our blotting paper may be green, but it is a dull and unsaturated green in which the greenishness does not appear with that ..."

2. A Practical treatise on the diseases of the eye by William Mackenzie, Thomas Wharton Jones (1855)
"... opacity of the capsule, greenishness of the lens, varicosity of the rectal vessels ramifying over the surface of the The same sort of exciting causes ..."

3. The Intellectual Observer (1865)
"If, for example, a number of observers, with different telescopes, assign a certain greenishness to the blue companion of Albireo, the fact should be ..."

4. Japanese Conversation-grammar: With Numerous Reading Lessons and Dialogues by Hermann Plaut (1905)
"... or greenishness — from aoi blue or green. e) From various stems by means of the derivational affixes do, to, udo, all meaning "man" — eg: ..."

5. A Dictionary of the Welsh Language: Explained in English; with Numerous by William Owen Pughe (1832)
"... To render oily or full of juice; to render fresh, or:green; to become being juicy, raw, fresh, or green ; greenishness. ..."

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