Meanings
greeny1
comparative greenier · superlative greeniest
- greenish; somewhat green
And my eyes are weird green grey. More greeny blue in daylight.
3 more examples
When we get them off their guard we have got to paint that red 'T' the greeniest green that ever came out of a greenhouse.
1928 October, Boys' Life, page 15Resentment showed in his face, greeny-brown and wrinkled like a baked apple,—resentment that white folks should pry into matters wholly Indian.
1941, Emily Carr, chapter 6, in Klee WyckIn the end he settled for a very faint and tightly checked greeny shirt to go with his dark tweed jacket […]
2001, Tim Parks, Juggling the Stars
Greeny2
- A nickname of the surname Green.
- A nickname for someone (e.g., a fictional character or a creature of myth) who is green.
Terra: It's a freaking nightmare. Just leave me alone. I'm okay, so get going. You heard me. Get going. You too, Greeny. [referring to Beast Boy, a superhero with green skin]
2017, Teen Titans: The Judas Contract1 more example
Eh? What are you saying? Goblins are people too?! HELL NO! Goblins are responsible for all the world's evils! We must CLEANSE Enroth of the Goblin scum that has infested it! DOWN WITH GREENY!
1998 May 29, Gorgeous George, “Re: Little disturbed by killing minorities in MM6”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg (Usenet), message-ID <356eea00.232031671@news.feist.com>
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
greeny · noun, adjective
- Proto-Germanic*grōniz
- Proto-West Germanic*grōnī
- Old Englishgrēne
- Middle Englishgrene
- Englishgreen
- Englishgreeny
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Cite this entry
greeny. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/greeny
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