greenness

plural greennesses

1. uncountableusuallyThe state or quality of being green; green colour.First known use 8th c.

   Her crimson dress inflames grey corridors, or flaring in a sunshaft through high branches makes of the deep green shadows a greenness darker yet, and a darkness greener.

   1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast

2. archaicuncountableusuallyVitality, freshness.First known use 9th c.
3. uncountableusuallyInexperience.First known use 16th c.

   The chances were that, sooner or later, such greenness would inevitably lead to a graver disaster.

   1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 152

4. uncountableusuallyThe fact of being environmentally or ecologically conscious; commitment to environmental conservation.First known use 1980s