greyness

greyness
grey (US gray) ADJECTIVE 1) of a colour intermediate between black and white, as of ashes or lead. 2) (of hair) turning grey or white with age. 3) (of the weather) cloudy and dull; without sun. 4) dull and nondescript: grey, faceless men. 5) not accounted for in official statistics: the grey economy.
NOUN grey colour or pigment.
VERB (especially of hair) become grey with age.
DERIVATIVES greyish adjective greyly adverb greyness noun.
ORIGIN Old English.

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