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Definition of Greyness
1. Noun. A neutral achromatic color midway between white and black.
Generic synonyms: Achromatic Color, Achromatic Colour
Specialized synonyms: Ash Gray, Ash Grey, Silver, Silver Gray, Silver Grey, Charcoal, Charcoal Gray, Charcoal Grey, Oxford Gray, Oxford Grey, Dapple-gray, Dapple-grey, Dappled-gray, Dappled-grey, Iron-gray, Iron-grey, Tattletale Gray, Tattletale Grey, Davy's Gray, Davy's Grey, Iron Blue, Steel Gray, Steel Grey
Derivative terms: Gray, Gray, Gray, Gray, Grey, Grey, Grey
Definition of Greyness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being grey. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Greyness
1. grayness [n -ES] - See also: grayness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Greyness
Literary usage of Greyness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Care of the Body by Francis Cavanagh (1907)
"greyness means vacuoles—Metchnikoff and " chromo- phages"—Patent preparations—Metallic
solutions the worst—Paraffin—The X-rays. Washing the head—Military ..."
2. The Bookman (1910)
"From the opening paragraph, one gets an all pervading sense of greyness that
harmonises with the patient fatalism of a primitive fisher folk—the greyness of ..."
3. A practical treatise on brewing, and on storing of beer by William Black (1835)
"OF greyness IN BEER. I HAVE never as yet been able to ascertain with certainty,
from what cause greyness generally proceeds. My opinion, however, is, ..."
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