bayness

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noun

The quality of being bay in colour.

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Meanings

nounbayness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being bay in colour.

    He was, therefore, carrying in one-half of his sex-cells the factors for greyness, and in the other half those for bayness.

    1909, The Mendel Journal, numbers 1-3, page 91

Origin

From bay + -ness.

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APA

bayness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bayness

MLA

“bayness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bayness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bayness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bayness.

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