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Webster 1913 Edition


Greenth

Greenth

(grēnth)
,
Noun.
[Cf. Growth.]
The state or quality of being green; verdure.
[R.]
The
greenth
of summer.
G. Eliot.

Definition 2024


greenth

greenth

English

Noun

greenth (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being green; verdure.
    • George Eliot
      Imagine a rambling, patchy house, [] the mellow darkness of its conical roof surmounted by a weather-cock making an agreeable object either amidst the gleams and greenth of summer or the low-hanging clouds and snowy branches of winter []
    • 1897, Mary Elizabeth Parsons, The Wild Flowers of California (page 38)
      A large part of the forest growth on the northern slopes of Mt. Tamalpais is composed of it; and as it is an evergreen, it forms a mountain wall of delightful and refreshing greenth the year around.