Definition of Greensick

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to or suffering from chlorosis.

Exact synonyms: Chlorotic
Partainyms: Chlorosis, Greensickness

Definition of Greensick

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Greensick

greenmarkets
greenness
greennesses
greenockite
greenockites
greenroom
greenrooms
greens
greensand
greensands
greenscreen
greenscreens
greenshank
greenshanks
greenshirt
greensick
greensickness
greensicknesses
greenside
greenskeeper
greenskeepers
greenskeeping
greenspace
greenspaces
greenstick fracture
greenstone
greenstones
greenstuff
greenstuffs
greensward

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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