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Yellowness
noun
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Noun
- 1 The state, quality, or degree of being yellow in colour. uncountable, usually
"[…] at least there would be no harm in getting a few bottles of “stuff” from him, since if these proved useless it would still be possible to return to the Purifying Pills, which kept you alive, if they did not remove the yellowness."
- 2 yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons wordnet
- 3 Cowardice. uncountable, usually
- 4 Jealousy. obsolete, uncountable, usually
"My humour shall not cool: I will incense Page to deal with poison; I will possess him with yellowness, for the revolt of mine is dangerous: that is my true humour."
Etymology
From Middle English ȝalownes; equivalent to yellow + -ness.
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