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greenness

[ green-nis ]

/ ˈgrin nɪs /

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noun

the quality or state of being green.

green vegetation, grass, or the like; verdure or verdancy.

lack of maturity or experience; youthfulness.

the state or quality of being naive; innocence; gullibility.

Origin of greenness

before 900; Middle English, Old English grēnnes. See green, -ness

Words nearby greenness

greenlawn, greenlet, greenling, greenmail, greenmarket, greenness, greenock, greenockite, greenough, greenpeace, greenroom

Example sentences from the Web for greenness

Greenness was welling up in what had been until not long ago a winter forest.

Japan's Nuclear Ghost Towns |William T. Vollmann |May 2, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Everywhere the grass was of ethereal greenness, a greenness drenched with the pale yellow of spring sunshine.

Susanna and Sue |Kate Douglas Wiggin
The color of greenness at thirty, however, is not fashionable.

The Golden Censer |John McGovern
We retreated to a corner which we knew to be safe, from the greenness of the vegetation.

Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water |Lady (Ethel Gwendoline [Moffatt]) Vincent

Its greenness is intensified by contrast with the dried-up grass on the grazing lands.

A Bird Calendar for Northern India |Douglas Dewar
With it there arose, too, a recollection of my greenness and timidity.

Chimney-Pot Papers |Charles S. Brooks