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单词 albiness
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albinessn.

Brit. /albᵻˈnɛs/, /ˈalbᵻnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈælbənəs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: albino n., -ess suffix1.
Etymology: < albin- (in albino n.) + -ess suffix1.
Now historical and rare.
A female albino.
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1800 Times 19 Mar. 1/1 (advt.) Lusus Naturæ!—Never before Exhibited.—An albino and albiness, at Brookes's Original Menagerie, No. 242, Piccadilly.
1808 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 19 85 Her mother's first child, a girl, is also an albiness.
1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table viii. 212 Negative or washed blondes, arrested by Nature on the way to become albinesses.
1931 S. McKechnie Pop. Entertainm. through Ages viii. 219 The Albino girl of the modern fair reminds us of the Beautiful Albiness of Bartholomew Fair.
1996 Hist. Workshop Jrnl. Spring 113 Peale later painted a portrait of the albiness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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