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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
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 2024


whiteness

whiteness

English

Noun

whiteness (countable and uncountable, plural whitenesses)

  1. The state of being white.

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