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wheyness

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The quality of being wheylike.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: no-plural

Examples

  • 1878, Henrietta Keddie (Sarah Tytler), Summer Snow She was comely in her tall fairness; but Hal's manly brown had entirely obviated the charge of a certain wheyness of tint, which might attach itself to Debby's flaxen hair, light eyebrows, and blonde, rather colourless skin.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From whey + -ness.