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greenette

greenette noun: a green-haired person, especially a woman.

Noun

greenette (plural greenettes)

  1. (rare) A green-haired person, especially a woman.
    • “Are you sure you wouldn’t like me to get you something, sir?” the attractive greenette with fashionable purple eyes asked Quinn, her smile suggesting something other than a drink or sandwich.1993 September, David Alexander, chapter 3, in Desert Fire (Nomad; 4), Toronto, Ont.; New York, N.Y.: Worldwide, →ISBN, page 29
    • We’ve seen Miss Pennsylvania GiGi Gordon, the blonde. We’ve seen GiGi, the sun-streaked blonde. What most of us missed this summer was GiGi, the greenette. And not many got to see what pageant officials witnessed on camera, GiGi, the orangette.1996 September 8, Susan Ruiz Patton, “Miss Pa. finds life as a blonde a bit too colorful”, in The Morning Call, number 37,958, Allentown, Pa.: The Morning Call Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page E1, column 4

Forms of greenette

pluralgreenettes

Origin of greenette

From green + -ette, after brunette.

Questions about greenette

What does greenette mean?
Greenette means a green-haired person, especially a woman.
What part of speech is greenette?
Greenette is a noun.
What is the plural of greenette?
The plural of greenette is greenettes.

Words near greenette in the dictionary

  1. greenery
  2. greenery-yallery
  3. greenest
  4. greenest-eyed
  5. Greenethorpe
  6. greenette
  7. greenettes
  8. Greeneville
  9. greenewood
  10. greenewoods
  11. greeney

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