GREENISH

green, greenish, light-green, dark-green

(adjective) of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass; “a green tree”; “green fields”; “green paint”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

greenish (comparative more greenish, superlative most greenish)

Somewhat green.

Anagrams

• rehinges, sheering

Source: Wiktionary


Green"ish, a.

Definition: Somewhat green; having a tinge of green; as, a greenish yellow.

– Green"ish*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

27 June 2025

SQUARE

(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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