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oliveness

oliveness noun: the state or condition of being olive in colour.

Noun

oliveness (uncountable)

  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

Origin of oliveness

From olive + -ness.

Questions about oliveness

What does oliveness mean?
Oliveness means the state or condition of being olive in colour.
What part of speech is oliveness?
Oliveness is a noun.

Words near oliveness in the dictionary

  1. Oliveiras
  2. oliveless
  3. olivelike
  4. olivellid
  5. olivellids
  6. oliveness
  7. Olivenhain
  8. olivenite
  9. olivenites
  10. Olivenstein
  11. Olivenza

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