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Greenness
noun
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Noun
- 1 The state or quality of being green; green colour. uncountable, usually
"Her crimson dress inflames grey corridors, or flaring in a sunshaft through high branches makes of the deep green shadows a greenness darker yet, and a darkness greener."
- 2 green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass wordnet
- 3 Vitality, freshness. archaic, uncountable, usually
- 4 the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation wordnet
- 5 Inexperience. uncountable, usually
"The chances were that, sooner or later, such greenness would inevitably lead to a graver disaster."
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- 6 the state of not being ripe wordnet
- 7 The fact of being environmentally or ecologically conscious; commitment to environmental conservation. uncountable, usually
Etymology
From Middle English grennesse, from Old English grennes; equivalent to green + -ness.
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