grayness

noun

gray·​ness

variants or greyness

plural -es

1

: the quality or state of being gray

2

: the impression of unrelieved gray color given to the eye by a newspaper page or a large portion of one consisting largely of body type without relief (as by headlines, boxes)

Word History

Etymology

Middle English graynes, from gray entry 1 + -nes -ness

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Rhymes for grayness

• anus
• heinous
• janus
• planus
• pandanus