Ivoriness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Quality of being ivory in colour. uncountable
"What interested men in Felicia was the warm ivoriness of her, faintly flushed with rose; the gray, greeny-blue eyes mysterious as opals; the small proud head shaped as were Greek heads of old[…]"
Example
More examples"What interested men in Felicia was the warm ivoriness of her, faintly flushed with rose; the gray, greeny-blue eyes mysterious as opals; the small proud head shaped as were Greek heads of old[…]"
Etymology
From ivory + -ness.
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