Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yellowness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables: yel-low-ness
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state, quality, or degree of being yellow in colour.

Uncountable

noun

Uncountable

noun

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] at least there would be no harm in getting a few bottles of “stuff” from him, since if these proved useless it would still be possible to return to the Purifying Pills, which kept you alive, if they did not remove the yellowness."
"1924, Herbert Jenkins, The Bindles on the Rocks, London: Herbert Jenkins, Chapter VI, Part II, […] lemonade of a yellowness sufficient to convince the most inveterate pessimist of the presence of the lemon."
"My humour shall not cool: I will incense Page to deal with poison; I will possess him with yellowness, for the revolt of mine is dangerous: that is my true humour."
"The vndiscreet carriage of some lasciuious gallant […] by his often frequenting of an house, and bold vnseemly gestures, may make a breach, and by his ouer familiarity, if he be inclined to yellownesse, colour him quite out."

Etymology

From Middle English ȝalownes; equivalent to yellow + -ness.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: ȝalownes
Suffix: yellow

Usage

Inflected Forms

yellownesses (plural)

Synonyms

yellow

Questions

What does yellowness mean?: The state, quality, or degree of being yellow in colour.
Where does yellowness come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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