"greyness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: greynesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English graynes, greynes; equivalent to grey + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|graynes}} Middle English graynes, {{m|enm|greynes}} greynes, {{suffix|en|grey|ness}} grey + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} greyness (countable and uncountable, plural greynesses)
  1. The state or quality of being grey. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: grayness Translations (The state or quality of being grey): шэрасць (šerascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), harmaus (Finnish), სინაცრისფრე (sinacrispre) (Georgian), szürkeség (Hungarian), серость (serostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), gråhet [common-gender] (Swedish), grånad [common-gender] (Swedish)

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