olivenessn.
/ˈɒlɪvnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈɑləvnəs/ rare.
The quality of being olive-coloured.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [noun] > greenish yellow
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [noun] > brownish yellow
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1890 Cent. Dict. Oliveness, olive color; the state of being olivaceous in color.
1997 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 15 Feb. k3 Olive-backed olive-throated thrush..—Similar to the olive thrush..but easily differentiated by the distinctive extra oliveness on the back.
1998 D. H. Rice Guide to Plato's Republic 76 There are many shades of olive, but since we recognize all of them as olive, there must be a pure form of oliveness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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