Oliveness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or condition of being olive in colour. uncountable

    "What they want is the long straight hair, olive skin, just enough oliveness to the skin to make them not ambiguous. To make them Hispanic."

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"What they want is the long straight hair, olive skin, just enough oliveness to the skin to make them not ambiguous. To make them Hispanic."

Etymology

From olive + -ness.

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