oliveness

noun

oliveness

noun

Etymology From olive + -ness.

1

The state or condition of being olive in colour.

  • What they want is the long straight hair, olive skin, just enough oliveness to the skin to make them not ambiguous. To make them Hispanic.2001, Arlene M. Dávila, Latinos, Inc: the marketing and making of a people:

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