oranginess
oranginess noun: tasting like an orange, or having a powerfully orangey flavor.
Noun
oranginess (uncountable)
- Tasting like an orange, or having a powerfully orangey flavor.
- In one rather interesting study with children, change in the size of the pupil of the eye was found to be related to the degree of "oranginess" of drinks.1972, Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Developmental Psychology, page 45
- Being orangish although not orange by strict criteria (such as intra-colorspace boundaries).
- Synonyms:
- orangishness
Synonyms of oranginess
Forms of oranginess
| alternative form | orangeyness |
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Origin of oranginess
From orangey /orangy + -ness.
Questions about oranginess
- What does oranginess mean?
- Oranginess means tasting like an orange, or having a powerfully orangey flavor.
- What part of speech is oranginess?
- Oranginess is a noun.
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