greenness

greenness

English

Etymology

From Old English grennes, equivalent to green +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹiːnnəs/

Noun

greenness (usually uncountable, plural greennesses)

1. The state or quality of being green; green colour. [from 8th c.]
   • 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast

     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. (now rare) Vitality, freshness. [from 9th c.]
3. Inexperience. [from 16th c.]
   • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 152:

     The chances were that, sooner or later, such greenness would inevitably lead to a graver disaster.

4. The fact of being environmentally or ecologically conscious; commitment to environmental conservation. [from 1980s]

Translations

state of being green (green in color)

Arabic: خُضْرَة‎ f (ḵuḍra) Bulgarian: зеленина (bg) f (zelenina) Finnish: vihreys (fi) French: verdeur (fr) f Galician: verdura (gl) f, verdor m Georgian: სიმწვანე (simc̣vane) Portuguese: verdor (pt) m Spanish: verde (es) Tagalog: kaberdehan, kaluntian Telugu: పచ్చదనము (te) (paccadanamu), పచ్చన (te) (paccana) Turkish: yeşillik (tr)

state of being green (environmentally conscious)

Finnish: vihreys (fi) Spanish: verdor (es) m Turkish: yeşillik (tr)

Anagrams

• Negrenses, sengreens