greyness

English

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Etymology

From Middle English graynes, greynes; equivalent to grey +‎ -ness.

Noun

greyness (countable and uncountable, plural greynesses)

  1. The quality or state of being grey.
    • 1910 May 11, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “Conclusion”, in A Gentleman of Leisure, New York, N.Y.: The Overlook Press, published 2003, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 269:
      The sun had gone behind the clouds. As the ship slid out on its way a stray beam pierced the greyness.
    • 1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 8:
      The sight of them [the Grampians] as we crossed the viaduct over the North Esk I am not likely to forget. After a night of snow, they hung wraith-like across the sky, exquisitely beautiful in the greyness of winter dawn.

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