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🤍 A silvery color ❄️ Coldness
frostiness

frostiness

1 6.1
A silvery-white color like ice on plants in winter
  • noun
  • /ˈfrɔːstɪnəs/
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  • The soft frostiness of the moonlight made the landscape appear enchanted.

Examples

  • They painted the room with a touch of frostiness to create a wintry atmosphere.

  • She admired the frostiness of the ice sculptures in the gallery.

  • Her hair had a delicate frostiness that shimmered in the morning sun.

  • The frostiness of the landscape was breathtaking.

  • The artist used a special paint to capture the frostiness of the winter landscape.

  • The designer selected a new fabric in a shade of frostiness that beautifully captured the winter theme.

  • Her wedding dress had a shimmer reminiscent of frostiness that added a touch of elegance.

Synonyms

hoariness
vsfrostiness
9.4

A silvery grey look caused by age or frost

is the specific silvery-white color rather than a general aged grey appearance
silver frost
vsfrostiness
5.8

A thin shiny layer of ice on grass or branches

is a color description rather than actual sparkling ice crystals
steeliness
vsfrostiness
6.5

A cold gray shine like metal

is silvery-white and brighter rather than a cold gray metallic tone

How Frosty

snowiness
  • UK
2.8
whiteness
9 3.7
frostiness
1 6.1
silver-gray
  • US
1 3.0
silvery
25 3.2

Surface Forms

frostiness singular
frostinesses plural

Morphology

frostiness = frosty (transparent) = frost + y + ness

Formed regularly from 'frost' -> 'frosty' -> 'frostiness', so the nominal meaning is predictable from the base.

Etymology

The word frostiness comes from the old English word frost meaning 'ice' and the part -ness meaning 'the state of'. Frost makes things look silvery and white, so frostiness can mean that silvery-white color.