Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The state or property of being yellow.
- n. Jealousy. See yellow, a.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The quality or state of being yellow.
- n. obsolete Jealousy.
WordNet 3.0
- n. yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
Etymologies
- From yellow + -ness. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“A Petrarchan, or even Byronic, catalogue of male beauties jars as a "horrid contrast" with eyes that match in yellowness their sockets and the body’s racially marked skin.”
“The lack of crystal clarity and the yellowness are my 2 gripes against Behlen RH.”
“Internal disorders are also indicated by external symptoms, such as yellowness of the white of the eyes, which denoteth jaundice, and bending of the back, which denoteth disease of the lungs.”
“Internal disorders are also indicated by external symptoms, such as yellowness of the [whites of the] eyes, which denotes jaundice, and bending of the back, which denotes disease of the lungs. ”
“And it's the worst kind of yellowness to be so scared of yourself you put blindfolds on rather than deal with yourself ... ”
“In the first weeks and months after the surgery, your doctors will closely follow your child for disappearance of jaundice (yellowness of the eyes and skin) and darkening of the stool to brown, green or deep yellow.”
“I felt that moment where I never forget: the yellowness of the sun; the greenness of the green; the sound of the bus; a complete sense of oneness and in that moment a direct and absolute knowledge and conviction that god was there.”
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“J jaundice - a yellowness of the skin due to excess bilirubin in the blood and tissues.”
“I icterus - yellowness of the whites of the eyes (sclera). immune system - the collection of cells and organs that together act to fight infection.”
“I remember the goldness and the yellowness of the sun, and the beauty of the day.”
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