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Definition of Greensick
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to or suffering from chlorosis.
Definition of Greensick
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Greensick
Literary usage of Greensick
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... greensick (gren'sik), a. ... Those greensick lovers of chalk. Mr». Ritchie,
Book of Sibyls. ..."
2. Putnam's Magazine (1908)
"... snuggling, coaxing, adoring, mothering, greensick little slip of delicacy,
fifteen years old and no more, by Cock and the Prophet Jonah. ..."
3. Lectures on Painting by James Barry, John Opie, Henry Fuseli (1848)
"... may very properly be recommended to the consideration of those sanguine admirers
of the Florentine and Roman schools, those greensick lovers of chalk, ..."
4. Putnam's Magazine (1908)
"... adoring, mothering, greensick little slip of delicacy, fifteen years old and
no more, by Cock and the Prophet Jonah. Young Matteo, exercising his strong ..."
5. A Study of English Prose Writers: A Laboratory Method by John Scott Clark (1898)
"Such praise is fit only for a greensick sonneteer." " It is the man Charles Lamb
that constitutes the enduring charm of his written works. ..."
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