greeny en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *grōniz Proto-West Germanic *grōnī Old English grēne Middle English grene English green English -y English greeny From green + -y.
Meanings
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greenish; somewhat green
And my eyes are weird green grey. More greeny blue in daylight.
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.
1928 October, Boys' Life, page 15:Resentment showed in his face, greeny-brown and wrinkled like a baked apple,—resentment that white folks should pry into matters wholly Indian.
1941, Emily Carr, chapter 6, in Klee Wyck:In the end he settled for a very faint and tightly checked greeny shirt to go with his dark tweed jacket […]
2001, Tim Parks, Juggling the Stars:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| greenier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| greeniest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |