albiness
English
Etymology
albino + -ess
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ælˈbaɪnɛs/, /ælˈbiːnɛs/
Noun
albiness (plural albinesses)
- (archaic) A female albino.
- 1859, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., The Professor at the Breakfast-Table:
- I saw an albiness in London once, for sixpence, (including the inspection of a stuffed boa-constrictor,) who looked as if she had been boiled in milk
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References
- albiness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- Lesbians, ansibles, bassline, lesbians