Dunness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being dun in colour. uncountable

    "And yet thou thinkest, sad child, whose years have scarce passed into woman, that the sun, once set, never comes back to life! But even while we speak, thy morning draws near, and the dunness of cloud takes the hues of the rose!"

Example

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"And yet thou thinkest, sad child, whose years have scarce passed into woman, that the sun, once set, never comes back to life! But even while we speak, thy morning draws near, and the dunness of cloud takes the hues of the rose!"

Etymology

From dun + -ness.

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