Meanings
plural greenettes
- rarefictionA green-haired person, especially a woman.
No, the buxom greenette is not me.
2002 June 4, Cat, “Women's Mini Marathon”, in soc.culture.irish (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Feb 20263 more examples
“Are you sure you wouldn’t like me to get you something, sir?” the attractive greenette with fashionable purple eyes asked Quinn, her smile suggesting something other than a drink or sandwich.
1993 September, David Alexander, chapter 3, in Desert Fire (Nomad; 4), Toronto, Ont.; New York, N.Y.: Worldwide, →ISBN, page 29We’ve seen Miss Pennsylvania GiGi Gordon, the blonde. We’ve seen GiGi, the sun-streaked blonde. What most of us missed this summer was GiGi, the greenette. And not many got to see what pageant officials witnessed on camera, GiGi, the orangette.
1996 September 8, Susan Ruiz Patton, “Miss Pa. finds life as a blonde a bit too colorful”, in The Morning Call, number 37,958, Allentown, Pa.: The Morning Call Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page E1, column 4No, she [Milia Fallyna Jenius]'s pretty cool too, but I like brunettes over ..er, greenettes?
2000 July 29, YF21Bowman, “I want to lynch Carl Macek”, in alt.fan.macross (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Feb 2026
Origin
From green + -ette, after brunette.
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