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grayness

grayness is the alternative form of greyness.

Meaning of greyness

Noun

greyness (countable and uncountable, plural greynesses)

  1. The quality or state of being grey.
    • The sun had gone behind the clouds. As the ship slid out on its way a stray beam pierced the greyness.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

Forms of grayness

pluralgraynesses

Origin of grayness

From gray + -ness.

Questions about grayness

What is grayness the alternative form of?
Grayness is the alternative form of greyness.

Words near grayness in the dictionary

  1. graymapping
  2. graymaps
  3. graymuzzle
  4. graymuzzles
  5. Grayndler
  6. grayness
  7. graynesses
  8. grayordinate
  9. grayordinates
  10. grayout
  11. grayouts

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