greeny
adjEtymology From green + -y.
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greenish; somewhat green
- 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.1928 October, Boys' Life, page 15:
- Resentment showed in his face, greeny-brown and wrinkled like a baked apple,—resentment that white folks should pry into matters wholly Indian.1941, Emily Carr, chapter 6, in Klee Wyck:
2 more examples
- In the end he settled for a very faint and tightly checked greeny shirt to go with his dark tweed jacket […]2001, Tim Parks, Juggling the Stars:
- And my eyes are weird green grey. More greeny blue in daylight.