greenness








noun

  1. the quality or state of being green.
  2. green vegetation, grass, or the like; verdure or verdancy.
  3. lack of maturity or experience; youthfulness.
  4. the state or quality of being naive; innocence; gullibility.
n.

Old English grennes; see green + -ness. Meaning “immaturity” is from early 15c. Walpole coined greenth (1753) in the same sense.

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