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oliveness en · NOUN

Etymology

From olive + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The state or condition of being olive in colour.
    • What they want is the long straight hair, olive skin, just enough oliveness to the skin to make them not ambiguous. To make them Hispanic. 2001, Arlene M. Dávila, Latinos, Inc: the marketing and making of a people: