Having a greenish color; somewhat green or tinted with green.
Formed from 'green' plus the diminutive or adjectival suffix '-y' (similar to 'grassy,' 'cloudy,' 'rosy'). The '-y' suffix adds the meaning 'resembling or somewhat like' to the base word.
The '-y' suffix is one of the most productive word-making tools in English—it's so easy to use that speakers spontaneously create new words like 'greeny,' 'salty,' or 'rainy' all the time!
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