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silverness

silverness

6.5
A shiny grey appearance that looks like metal such as a coin
  • noun
  • /ˈsɪlvərnəs/
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  • The silverness of the new car's paint made it stand out in the parking lot.

Examples

  • She admired the silverness of the moonlight reflecting off the lake.

  • The artist used varying degrees of silverness to create depth in her painting.

  • And meanwhile, the surrounding silverness confused distances, twisted perspectives, and lulled senses.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • A woman opened her coat, exposing her glistening nakedness, the ringed silverness of her polished nipples.

    Fiction book (1991)

Synonyms

silver gray
vssilverness
  • US
2.6

A light gray color like shiny metal

includes general shine and overall metallic appearance beyond just color
silvering
vssilverness
7.4

A shiny, metallic look that appears on a surface as it ages

covers overall color and resemblance as a lasting quality not just surface sheen

How Silvery

brilliance
8 4.5
silverness
6.5
luster
  • US
7 4.3
sheen
48 4.2
dullness
2.3
matty
7.4

Surface Forms

silverness singular
silvernesses plural

Morphology

silverness = silver (transparent) = silver + ness

A straightforward nominalization of the adjective 'silver' with '-ness' producing 'the quality of being silver', which learners can derive directly.

Etymology

Silverness comes from silver, the bright, shiny metal and colour, plus the ending -ness, which makes a word mean a 'quality'. So, silverness is the 'quality of being like silver' — something that looks shiny or pale grey like the metal.