Hetty
or Het·tie
[het-ee]
Green
[green]
- Henrietta Howland RobinsonHetty, 1835–1916, U.S. financier.
- HenryHenry Vincent Yorke, 1905–73, English novelist.
- John Richard,1837–83, English historian.
- Julian,1900–1998, French writer, born in U.S.
- Paul Eliot,1894–1981, U.S. playwright, novelist, and teacher.
- William,1873–1952, U.S. labor leader: president of the A.F.L. 1924–52.
- a river flowing S from W Wyoming to join the Colorado River in SE Utah. 730 miles (1175 km) long.
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Contemporary Examples
Edward served on the board of a bank; Hetty invested in U.S. government bonds and railroads.
She was born Hetty Robinson into a wealthy New Bedford, Mass., clan whose tensions undoubtedly shaped her quirky character.
Hetty Green died in 1916, worth some $100 million (about $2.5 billion today).
That dichotomy is intriguing for people: that confidence that Hetty has in herself and in her beloved agents.
Historical Examples
Hetty stood still in the doorway: she felt herself discomfited.
Hetty's Strange HistoryAnonymous
This was not the sort of person he had expected to see in Miss Hetty Gunn.
Hetty's Strange HistoryAnonymous
"The Runs" was, as Hetty had said, one of the loveliest of sea-side places.
Hetty's Strange HistoryAnonymous
The simple truth was that Hetty was not thinking about him at all.
Hetty's Strange HistoryAnonymous
Indeed, I will be a comfort to you, Hetty, if you will only let me.
Hetty's Strange HistoryAnonymous
green
- any of a group of colours, such as that of fresh grass, that lie between yellow and blue in the visible spectrum in the wavelength range 575–500 nanometres. Green is the complementary colour of magenta and with red and blue forms a set of primary coloursRelated adjective: verdant
- a dye or pigment of or producing these colours
- something of the colour green
- a small area of grassland, esp in the centre of a village
- an area of ground used for a purposea putting green
- (plural)
- the edible leaves and stems of certain plants, eaten as a vegetable
- freshly cut branches of ornamental trees, shrubs, etc, used as a decoration
- (sometimes capital) a person, esp a politician, who supports environmentalist issues (see sense 13)
- slang money
- slang marijuana of low quality
- (plural) slang sexual intercourse
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- of the colour green
- greenish in colour or having parts or marks that are greenisha green monkey
- (sometimes capital) concerned with or relating to conservation of the world's natural resources and improvement of the environmentgreen policies; the green consumer
- vigorous; not fadeda green old age
- envious or jealous
- immature, unsophisticated, or gullible
- characterized by foliage or green plantsa green wood; a green salad
- fresh, raw, or unripegreen bananas
- unhealthily pale in appearancehe was green after his boat trip
- denoting a unit of account that is adjusted in accordance with fluctuations between the currencies of the EU nations and is used to make payments to agricultural producers within the EUgreen pound
- (of pottery) not fired
- (of meat) not smoked or cured; unprocessedgreen bacon
- metallurgy (of a product, such as a sand mould or cermet) compacted but not yet fired; ready for firing
- (of timber) freshly felled; not dried or seasoned
- (of concrete) not having matured to design strength
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- to make or become green
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Word Origin
Old English grēne; related to Old High German gruoni; see grow
Green
- Henry, real name Henry Vincent Yorke . 1905–73, British novelist: author of Living (1929), Loving (1945), and Back (1946)
- John Richard. 1837–83, British historian; author of A Short History of the English People (1874)
- T (homas) H (ill). 1836–82, British idealist philosopher. His chief work, Prolegomena to Ethics, was unfinished at his death
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Word Origin and History for hetty
green
n., adj.
Old English grene "green, young, immature, raw," earlier groeni, from West Germanic *gronja- (cf. Old Saxon grani, Old Frisian grene, Old Norse grænn, Danish grøn, Dutch groen, Old High German gruoni, German grün), from PIE root *ghre- "grow" (see grass), through sense of "color of living plants."
Meaning "a field, grassy place" was in Old English. Sense of "of tender age, youthful" is from early 15c.; hence "gullible" (c.1600). The color of jealousy at least since Shakespeare (1596); "Greensleeves," ballad of an inconstant lady-love, is from 1570s. Green light in figurative sense of "permission" is from 1937. Green and red as signals on railways first attested 1883, as nighttime substitutes for semaphore flags. Green beret originally "British commando" is from 1949. Green room "room for actors when not on stage" is from 1701; presumably a well-known one was painted green.
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green
v.
Old English grenian (see green (n.,adj.)). Related: Greened; greening.
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Idioms and Phrases with hetty
green
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