greenish

[ gree-nish ]

adjective

1. somewhat green; having a tinge of green.

Word History and Origins

Origin of greenish¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; green, -ish ¹

Example Sentences

He’s recklessly handsome, with piercing greenish eyes, a V-shaped torso and a matinee idol’s jawline.

From Time

Auroras are streamers of reddish or greenish light in the sky.

From Science News For Students

Most trinitite has a greenish tinge, but red trinitite contains copper, remnants of the wires that stretched from the ground to the bomb.

From Science News

Instead of making their own light, it turns out that remarkable little photonic crystals in fish spots reflect certain wavelengths of light, alternating between blues and more greenish-yellows, he reports April 7 in Royal Society Open Science.

From Science News

I have found a pale greenish hue to be very soothing personally.

From The Daily Beast

It was a kind of greenish liquid, and it was basically undrinkable.

From The Daily Beast

In some parts, the sun's rays struggle to pierce the tree canopies, casting the whole world in a greenish gloom.

From The Daily Beast

The greenish suit he wore was filled to capacity with overly developed muscles.

From Project Gutenberg

A nearly uniform greenish compound of epidote intimately mixed with quartz, also occurs at this place.

From Project Gutenberg

His eggs were the prettiest of all, a greenish blue, a robin's-egg blue, the dressmakers call it.

From Project Gutenberg

The emaciated face turned greenish-yellow, but in a moment he seemed to recover, and continued working.

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Still whistling under his breath, he took off his uniform and donned a strange one, of greenish gray.

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