GREENNESS

green, greenness, viridity

(noun) green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

greenness, verdancy, verdure

(noun) the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation

greenness

(noun) the state of not being ripe

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

greenness (usually uncountable, plural greennesses)

The state or quality of being green; green colour. [from 8th c.]

(now rare) Vitality, freshness. [from 9th c.]

Inexperience. [from 16th c.]

The fact of being environmentally or ecologically conscious; commitment to environmental conservation. [from 1980s]

Anagrams

• Negrenses, sengreens

Source: Wiktionary

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Green"ness, n. Etym: [AS. grnnes. See Green.]

1. The quality of being green; viridity; verdancy; as, the greenness of grass, or of a meadow.

2. Freshness; vigor; newness.

3. Immaturity; unripeness; as, the greenness of fruit; inexperience; as, the greenness of youth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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