greynessgraynessn.

Brit.

/ˈɡreɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈɡreɪnᵻs/

Forms: Middle English greynes, Middle English greynesse, Middle English–1500s graynes, 1500s graines, 1500s–1600s graynesse, 1600s– grayness, 1600s– greyness.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: grey adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < grey adj. + -ness suffix.

1. The state or quality of being grey in colour; grey colour. Also: the state or fact of having grey hair.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [noun]

greynessa1398

grey?1548

grizzle1611

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. xx. 837 Crisoberillus is a maner kynde of berille, and pale greynes [L. pallida viriditas] þerof schynen toward colour of gold.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 209/2 Greynesse of heere, canicies.

a1500 in J. Evans & M. S. Serjeantson Eng. Mediaeval Lapidaries (1933) 72 Þer bene x maners kynd of berel, & he haþe pale greynes, & þey schynne toward þe colour of gold.

1571 T. Hill Contempl. Mankinde xii. sig. C.j^v If the colour, shall appeere neerer to a greenenesse or graynesse, [the body] shall be of a hote complexion.

1597 H. Broughton Epist. Learned Nobility 36 Judah feared to bring his fathers graynes to Schecol [sic] with sorrowe.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Gris,..graynesse, or the colour gray.

1698 T. Emes Dialogue Alkali & Acid 76 Calcine it [sc. tartar] to Greyness, put lb iij. of it into a Cucurbit.

1733 P. Shaw tr. F. Bacon Hist. Life & Death vi, in Philos. Wks. III. 368 Even Greyness, happening early, is fallacious; for many that were soon grey, have lived long after it.

?1785 Artist's Assistant in Study Mech. Sci. (new ed.) 191 Where stones are not perfectly white, but partake of brownness, or greyness.

1818 J. Bellamy tr. Bible Gen. xlii. 88 Then shall ye bring down my greyness with sorrow to the grave.

1855 R. Browning Andrea del Sarto in Men & Women II. 3 A common greyness silvers everything,—All in a twilight.

1884 Harper's Mag. Jan. 211/2 Here was no shade, no weird grayness.

1905 Westm. Gaz. 11 Mar. 4/2 The dingy greyness of its coat affords it a good colorative protection.

1937 Life 7 June 68/3 Premature grayness runs in his family.

1978 P. Matthiessen Snow Leopard ii. 73 Cotoneaster of deep green, with its red berries, is the lone piece of color in the grayness.

2006 E. Sandbeck Green Housek. (2008) v. 193 If your white laundry has achieved a permanent state of dingy yellowness or grayness, it is time for a change of tactics.

2. The state or quality of being ambiguous, intermediate, or ill-defined. Also: the state or quality of being undistinguished, characterless, or anonymous; dullness; cheerlessness, hopelessness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [noun]

ambiguitya1325

doublenessa1513

ambiguousness1542

double meaning1551

indifferency1596

equivocacy1646

equivocalness1647

ambilogy1656

greyness1663

mealy-mouthedness1697

amphilogy1731

equivocality1735

grey1822

double-edgedness1901

ambivalence1912

ambivalency1912

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > quality of being commonplace or undistinguished

ordinarinessa1617

vulgarity1646

greyness1663

commonness1779

commonplaceness1808

commonplace1842

commonplaceism1851

1663 T. Porter Witty Combat iii. ii. sig. D I find these people's over kindness mixt; With greyness of subtlety.

1789 M. Madan tr. Persius Satires i, in New & Literal Transl. Juvenal & Persius II. 291 When I have beheld greyness, and that our grave way of life,..then, then forgive.

1849 N. Brit. Rev. May 69 We would admire the simplicity, the neutral tints, the greyness of its language, the ‘sober livery’ in which its thoughts are clad.

1887 J. Fotheringham Stud. Poetry R. Browning 340 He feels..the greyness of everything in his life and work.

1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. I. ii. xxxvii. 398 Because of his grayness, solidity, stolidity,..Roberta was not a little overawed.

1949 L. Trilling in Amer. Q. 1 1200 The dogged tendency of our time to ideologize all things into grayness.

1985 W. McIlvanney Big Man iii. 101 In the economic greyness of the times, his track-suited figure had moved romantically among them.

1998 S. Fried Bitter Pills ii. xi. 184 While many of the people who work here may deserve their reputation for grayness, their mission is anything but boring.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	greyness
释义	greynessgraynessn. Brit. /ˈɡreɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈɡreɪnᵻs/ Forms: Middle English greynes, Middle English greynesse, Middle English–1500s graynes, 1500s graines, 1500s–1600s graynesse, 1600s– grayness, 1600s– greyness. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: grey adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < grey adj. + -ness suffix. 1. The state or quality of being grey in colour; grey colour. Also: the state or fact of having grey hair. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [noun] greynessa1398 grey?1548 grizzle1611 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. xx. 837 Crisoberillus is a maner kynde of berille, and pale greynes [L. pallida viriditas] þerof schynen toward colour of gold. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 209/2 Greynesse of heere, canicies. a1500 in J. Evans & M. S. Serjeantson Eng. Mediaeval Lapidaries (1933) 72 Þer bene x maners kynd of berel, & he haþe pale greynes, & þey schynne toward þe colour of gold. 1571 T. Hill Contempl. Mankinde xii. sig. C.j^v If the colour, shall appeere neerer to a greenenesse or graynesse, [the body] shall be of a hote complexion. 1597 H. Broughton Epist. Learned Nobility 36 Judah feared to bring his fathers graynes to Schecol [sic] with sorrowe. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Gris,..graynesse, or the colour gray. 1698 T. Emes Dialogue Alkali & Acid 76 Calcine it [sc. tartar] to Greyness, put lb iij. of it into a Cucurbit. 1733 P. Shaw tr. F. Bacon Hist. Life & Death vi, in Philos. Wks. III. 368 Even Greyness, happening early, is fallacious; for many that were soon grey, have lived long after it. ?1785 Artist's Assistant in Study Mech. Sci. (new ed.) 191 Where stones are not perfectly white, but partake of brownness, or greyness. 1818 J. Bellamy tr. Bible Gen. xlii. 88 Then shall ye bring down my greyness with sorrow to the grave. 1855 R. Browning Andrea del Sarto in Men & Women II. 3 A common greyness silvers everything,—All in a twilight. 1884 Harper's Mag. Jan. 211/2 Here was no shade, no weird grayness. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 11 Mar. 4/2 The dingy greyness of its coat affords it a good colorative protection. 1937 Life 7 June 68/3 Premature grayness runs in his family. 1978 P. Matthiessen Snow Leopard ii. 73 Cotoneaster of deep green, with its red berries, is the lone piece of color in the grayness. 2006 E. Sandbeck Green Housek. (2008) v. 193 If your white laundry has achieved a permanent state of dingy yellowness or grayness, it is time for a change of tactics. 2. The state or quality of being ambiguous, intermediate, or ill-defined. Also: the state or quality of being undistinguished, characterless, or anonymous; dullness; cheerlessness, hopelessness. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [noun] ambiguitya1325 doublenessa1513 ambiguousness1542 double meaning1551 indifferency1596 equivocacy1646 equivocalness1647 ambilogy1656 greyness1663 mealy-mouthedness1697 amphilogy1731 equivocality1735 grey1822 double-edgedness1901 ambivalence1912 ambivalency1912 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > quality of being commonplace or undistinguished ordinarinessa1617 vulgarity1646 greyness1663 commonness1779 commonplaceness1808 commonplace1842 commonplaceism1851 1663 T. Porter Witty Combat iii. ii. sig. D I find these people's over kindness mixt; With greyness of subtlety. 1789 M. Madan tr. Persius Satires i, in New & Literal Transl. Juvenal & Persius II. 291 When I have beheld greyness, and that our grave way of life,..then, then forgive. 1849 N. Brit. Rev. May 69 We would admire the simplicity, the neutral tints, the greyness of its language, the ‘sober livery’ in which its thoughts are clad. 1887 J. Fotheringham Stud. Poetry R. Browning 340 He feels..the greyness of everything in his life and work. 1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. I. ii. xxxvii. 398 Because of his grayness, solidity, stolidity,..Roberta was not a little overawed. 1949 L. Trilling in Amer. Q. 1 1200 The dogged tendency of our time to ideologize all things into grayness. 1985 W. McIlvanney Big Man iii. 101 In the economic greyness of the times, his track-suited figure had moved romantically among them. 1998 S. Fried Bitter Pills ii. xi. 184 While many of the people who work here may deserve their reputation for grayness, their mission is anything but boring. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398
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