greeny

See also: Greeny

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *grōniz

Proto-West Germanic *-ī

Proto-West Germanic *grōnī

Old English grēne

Middle English grene

English green

English -y

English greeny

From green + -y.

Pronunciation

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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, 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]

Anagrams

• energy, greyen, gyrene