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greenish

English

Etymology

From Middle English grenyssh, grenysch, equivalent to green +? -ish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???i?n??/

Adjective

greenish (comparative more greenish, superlative most greenish)

  1. Somewhat green.

Derived terms

  • greenishly
  • greenishness

Translations

Anagrams

  • rehinges, sheering

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greeny

English

Etymology

green +? -y

Pronunciation

Noun

greeny (plural greenies)

  1. Alternative form of greenie

Adjective

greeny (comparative greenier, superlative greeniest)

  1. greenish; somewhat green
    • 1928 (October), Boys' Life (page 15)
      When we get them off their guard we have got to paint that red 'T' the greeniest green that ever came out of a greenhouse.
    • 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 6, [1]
      Resentment showed in his face, greeny-brown and wrinkled like a baked apple,—resentment that white folks should pry into matters wholly Indian.
    • "And my eyes are weird green grey. More greeny blue in daylight." — [2]

Anagrams

  • energy, greyen, gyrene

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