greeny

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English

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Etymology

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From green +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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greeny (plural greenies)

  1. Alternative form of greenie

Adjective

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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, chapter 6, in Klee Wyck[1]:
      Resentment showed in his face, greeny-brown and wrinkled like a baked apple,—resentment that white folks should pry into matters wholly Indian.
    • 2001, Tim Parks, Juggling the Stars:
      In the end he settled for a very faint and tightly checked greeny shirt to go with his dark tweed jacket []
    • "And my eyes are weird green grey. More greeny blue in daylight." — [2]

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