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Webster 1913 Edition
Whiteness
White′ness
,Noun.
[AS.
hwītness
.] 1.
The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface.
Chaucer.
2.
Want of a sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror, grief, etc.
“The whiteness in thy cheek.” Shak.
3.
Freedom from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness.
He had kept
The
The
whiteness
of his soul, and thus men o’er him wept. Byron.
4.
Nakedness.
[Obs.]
Chapman.
5.
(Zool.)
A flock of swans.
Webster 1828 Edition
Whiteness
WHITENESS
,Noun.
1.
The state of being white; white color, or freedom from any darkness or obscurity on the surface.2.
Paleness; want of a sanguineous tinge in the face.3.
Purity; cleanness; freedom from stain or blemish.Definition 2025
whiteness
whiteness
English
Noun
whiteness (countable and uncountable, plural whitenesses)
- The state of being white.
Derived terms
Translations
state of being white
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