whiteness

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The state or quality of being white (all senses).
  2. (capitalized, countable, often, uncountable) The quality of being white (in the racial sense).
  3. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being white noise.

Frequency

44k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈwaɪtnəs/
Etymology

In summary

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

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