Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being green in color; verdantness; also, verdure.
- noun The state of being green, in any of the derived senses.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being green; viridity; verdancy.
- noun Freshness; vigor; newness.
- noun Immaturity; unripeness; ; inexperience.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state or quality of being
green .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of not being ripe
- noun the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation
- noun green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
Etymologies
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Examples
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Obama's "greenness," is for the environment, it's about his inexperience and incompetence.
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So that's it for now - here's to the life-giving rain & the scent of wet earth & the way that the greenness is intensified by the rain until it nearly glows ...
May 15th, 2006 dame_habonde 2006
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The village and its fields were enclosed by barbed wire which separated their greenness from the bleakness of the enmity all around.
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If an army encamp upon green fields, their greenness is soon gone.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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The drive was long and hot, but beautiful with all the greenness from the rain we’ve had.
The Aftermath Jennifer 2006
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The drive was long and hot, but beautiful with all the greenness from the rain we’ve had.
Archive 2006-12-01 Jennifer 2006
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It's an erosion of the very concept of greenness, which is coming to be defined in a way that rewards activism at best, and consumerism at worst.
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It's an erosion of the very concept of greenness, which is coming to be defined in a way that rewards activism at best, and consumerism at worst.
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It's an erosion of the very concept of greenness, which is coming to be defined in a way that rewards activism at best, and consumerism at worst.
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Not a hint of greenness, which is just what I want from my fig scent...
Archive 2007-04-01 Marina Geigert 2007
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