greenishadj.

Brit.

/ˈɡriːnɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈɡrinɪʃ/

Forms: see green adj. and n.¹ and -ish suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: green adj., -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < green adj. + -ish suffix¹.

Somewhat green.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > greenish

greenisha1398

herbish1562

watcheta1609

willowish1653

greeny1657

viridescent1847

greensome1883

greenery1896

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. xix. 1290 Malencoly, þat is blak, by mene of vnkynde colera, þat is rusty and grenysch, and is yfounde grene.

c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 1647 Suche a smoke gan out wende..Blak bloo grenyssh, swart rede.

c1450 J. Metham Physiognomy in Wks. (1916) 143 (MED) The colourys off men and women..be afftyr the regyonnys..in Portelonde, Grene-londe, and Marelonde, grenysch and salw for the contynwal cold.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 314/2 Grenysshe, verdastre.

c1580 tr. Bugbears iv. iii, in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1897) 99 The flame that it gave was greenish, pale, and dimme.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §512 There is a Greenish Prime-Rose, but it is Pale, and scarce a Greene.

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 135 Growing Trees..that have been long expos'd to the Air and Rain, will be all over cover'd with a greenish scurff.

1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 91 A wild Oat, while 'tis yet greenish.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 123 Her eyes are not grey, but greenish, like those of a cat.

1812 M. Edgeworth Absentee II. viii. 97 The shell-fly,..made of greenish wool, wrapped about with the herle of a peacock's tail, famous for creating excellent sport.

1848 A. Brontë Tenant of Wildfell Hall II. xiv. 278 His dark, greenish eyes were lighted up beneath their moody brows.

1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) ix. 221 When the eye is turned aside to the white paper a greenish spot will appear.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xi. 212 The freshwater crayfish is usually greenish or brownish.

1976 S. M. Gault Dict. Shrubs in Colour 124/2 Halimus tree purslane... Flowers small, greenish and of little garden value.

2006 A. Kuczynski Beauty Junkies viii. 150 Miles of fluorescent tube lights cast a greenish pall.

Compounds

C1. Modifying nouns and adjectives of colour, as greenish-yellow, greenish-blue, etc.

ΚΠ

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 91 Such of them as are yellowe, and of a golden colour, they commonly call Oranges: such as are of a greenishe pale yellowe, they call Cytrols, or Cytruls.

1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 94 Greenish yellow, or as we terme it, a goose turde greene.

c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 277 'Twas transparant of a greenish yellow.

a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 223 The filings exposed to the air, changed colour, and became a greenish blew.

1738 J. Hoofnail New Pract. Improvem. Exper. Colours 42 The Powder will be of a Greenish Yellow Colour.

1776 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Veg. Great Brit. II. 609 Bloss[oms] greenish white.

1803 R. Chenevix in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 93 296 The supernatant liquor of the precipitate..is sometimes of a fine greenish-blue.

1879 O. N. Rood Mod. Chromatics x. 141 The greenish-grey tints of the mosses.

1900 Absent-minded War 168 There is a colour known to Indian sportsmen as shikarri mixture, a sort of greenish-grey, which is practically invisible in the jungle or when working among trees.

1975 U. K. LeGuin Wind's Twelve Quarters 157 Short, dry, greenish-pink bryoform grasses stretched away in every direction.

2005 A. St. John Clapton's Guitar xi. 100 The color of a piece of Brazilian rosewood can range from a golden pumpkin to a greenish gray to a striking brick-red.

C2. Parasynthetic, as greenish-coloured, greenish-eyed, greenish-tinted, etc.; also similative, as greenish-looking.

ΚΠ

1599 R. Linche Fountaine Anc. Fiction sig. Niii His brest all ouer-growne also with a greenish coloured sea weed or mosse.

1623 W. Traheron & E. Grimeston tr. P. Mexia Imperiall Hist. 81 Hee was a man of good constitution of body, greenish eyed, hauke nosed, very balde.

1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 115 A May-flie, you may make his body with greenish coloured crewel.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Veratrum The greenish-flowered Veratrum.

1850 Knickerbocker Nov. 459 A few greenish-looking pippin apples.

1891 Astron. & Astrophysics Jan. 32 A telescope of very moderate power will enable one to recognize this planet [sc. Uranus] by its greenish-hued disk.

1920 C. E. Bishop Flame of Forest 22 It was a simple white-washed edifice, with plain, greenish tinted, rather high set windows.

1989 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 29 Oct. v. 8 He hacked a..Ravenala madagascariensis,..making it spout a greenish-tasting liquid that can be used as a water substitute.

2005 G. Annussek Hitler's Raid to save Mussolini vi. 107 A greenish-coloured house half-hidden by big, laid-up fishing boats.

Derivatives

ˈgreenishness n. a greenish quality.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > greenishness

greenishness1655

viridescence1841

1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xxii. 208 The Italian Olive is..more firm of flesh, and pleasanter through retaining his natural greenishness.

1760 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Greenishness, a faint greenness.

1865 Intellect. Observer No. 40. 277 A certain greenishness.

1997 National Geographic Traveler July–Aug. 24/3 If you use color-print film, you can ask the photofinisher to correct excessive greenishness while making prints from your negatives.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	greenish
释义	greenishadj. Brit. /ˈɡriːnɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈɡrinɪʃ/ Forms: see green adj. and n.¹ and -ish suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: green adj., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < green adj. + -ish suffix¹. Somewhat green. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > greenish greenisha1398 herbish1562 watcheta1609 willowish1653 greeny1657 viridescent1847 greensome1883 greenery1896 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. xix. 1290 Malencoly, þat is blak, by mene of vnkynde colera, þat is rusty and grenysch, and is yfounde grene. c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 1647 Suche a smoke gan out wende..Blak bloo grenyssh, swart rede. c1450 J. Metham Physiognomy in Wks. (1916) 143 (MED) The colourys off men and women..be afftyr the regyonnys..in Portelonde, Grene-londe, and Marelonde, grenysch and salw for the contynwal cold. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 314/2 Grenysshe, verdastre. c1580 tr. Bugbears iv. iii, in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1897) 99 The flame that it gave was greenish, pale, and dimme. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §512 There is a Greenish Prime-Rose, but it is Pale, and scarce a Greene. 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 135 Growing Trees..that have been long expos'd to the Air and Rain, will be all over cover'd with a greenish scurff. 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 91 A wild Oat, while 'tis yet greenish. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 123 Her eyes are not grey, but greenish, like those of a cat. 1812 M. Edgeworth Absentee II. viii. 97 The shell-fly,..made of greenish wool, wrapped about with the herle of a peacock's tail, famous for creating excellent sport. 1848 A. Brontë Tenant of Wildfell Hall II. xiv. 278 His dark, greenish eyes were lighted up beneath their moody brows. 1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) ix. 221 When the eye is turned aside to the white paper a greenish spot will appear. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xi. 212 The freshwater crayfish is usually greenish or brownish. 1976 S. M. Gault Dict. Shrubs in Colour 124/2 Halimus tree purslane... Flowers small, greenish and of little garden value. 2006 A. Kuczynski Beauty Junkies viii. 150 Miles of fluorescent tube lights cast a greenish pall. Compounds C1. Modifying nouns and adjectives of colour, as greenish-yellow, greenish-blue, etc. ΚΠ 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 91 Such of them as are yellowe, and of a golden colour, they commonly call Oranges: such as are of a greenishe pale yellowe, they call Cytrols, or Cytruls. 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 94 Greenish yellow, or as we terme it, a goose turde greene. c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 277 'Twas transparant of a greenish yellow. a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 223 The filings exposed to the air, changed colour, and became a greenish blew. 1738 J. Hoofnail New Pract. Improvem. Exper. Colours 42 The Powder will be of a Greenish Yellow Colour. 1776 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Veg. Great Brit. II. 609 Bloss[oms] greenish white. 1803 R. Chenevix in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 93 296 The supernatant liquor of the precipitate..is sometimes of a fine greenish-blue. 1879 O. N. Rood Mod. Chromatics x. 141 The greenish-grey tints of the mosses. 1900 Absent-minded War 168 There is a colour known to Indian sportsmen as shikarri mixture, a sort of greenish-grey, which is practically invisible in the jungle or when working among trees. 1975 U. K. LeGuin Wind's Twelve Quarters 157 Short, dry, greenish-pink bryoform grasses stretched away in every direction. 2005 A. St. John Clapton's Guitar xi. 100 The color of a piece of Brazilian rosewood can range from a golden pumpkin to a greenish gray to a striking brick-red. C2. Parasynthetic, as greenish-coloured, greenish-eyed, greenish-tinted, etc.; also similative, as greenish-looking. ΚΠ 1599 R. Linche Fountaine Anc. Fiction sig. Niii His brest all ouer-growne also with a greenish coloured sea weed or mosse. 1623 W. Traheron & E. Grimeston tr. P. Mexia Imperiall Hist. 81 Hee was a man of good constitution of body, greenish eyed, hauke nosed, very balde. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 115 A May-flie, you may make his body with greenish coloured crewel. View more context for this quotation 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Veratrum The greenish-flowered Veratrum. 1850 Knickerbocker Nov. 459 A few greenish-looking pippin apples. 1891 Astron. & Astrophysics Jan. 32 A telescope of very moderate power will enable one to recognize this planet [sc. Uranus] by its greenish-hued disk. 1920 C. E. Bishop Flame of Forest 22 It was a simple white-washed edifice, with plain, greenish tinted, rather high set windows. 1989 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 29 Oct. v. 8 He hacked a..Ravenala madagascariensis,..making it spout a greenish-tasting liquid that can be used as a water substitute. 2005 G. Annussek Hitler's Raid to save Mussolini vi. 107 A greenish-coloured house half-hidden by big, laid-up fishing boats. Derivatives ˈgreenishness n. a greenish quality. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > greenishness greenishness1655 viridescence1841 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xxii. 208 The Italian Olive is..more firm of flesh, and pleasanter through retaining his natural greenishness. 1760 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Greenishness, a faint greenness. 1865 Intellect. Observer No. 40. 277 A certain greenishness. 1997 National Geographic Traveler July–Aug. 24/3 If you use color-print film, you can ask the photofinisher to correct excessive greenishness while making prints from your negatives. 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