whiteness

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
noun the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
noun lightness or fairness of complexion

Inherited from Middle English whitenesse, whitnesse, whytnesse, hwitnesse, from Old English hwītnes (“whiteness”), equivalent to white + -ness.

Fields and streams disappeared under the uniform whiteness. — Around the World in Eighty Days, Jules Verne
At our feet lay fields of dazzling whiteness. — Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, Jules Verne
He walked on still, groping through the whiteness. — At the Back of the North Wind, George MacDonald

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