"greenery-yallery" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more greenery-yallery [comparative], most greenery-yallery [superlative]
Etymology: From green + -ery + nonstandard pronunciation of yellow + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|green|ery}} green + -ery, {{suffix|en|yellow|y}} yellow + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} greenery-yallery (comparative more greenery-yallery, superlative most greenery-yallery)
  1. Pertaining to the colours green and yellow as used in the style of late-nineteenth-century Aestheticism; hence, typical of Aestheticism; affected.

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