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greensick, a. ? Obs. (ˈgriːnsɪk) [Back-formation from green sickness.] Affected with green sickness; also fig. ‘morbid’, ‘sickly’.1681 Broadside, Canto on Miracle wrought by the D. of M[onmouth], But O the Greensick Girls may boast This Duke hath cur'd Them to His Cost. 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit...
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green-sickness
green sickness, green-sickness (ˌgriːnˈsɪknɪs) [See green a. 3.] An anæmic disease which mostly affects young women about the age of puberty and gives a pale or greenish tinge to the complexion; chlorosis.1583 Greene Mamillia Wks. (Grosart) II. 36 His daughter beeing at the age of twentie yeeres, wo...
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List of English words of Old English origin
greenfeed
greenfield
greenfinch
greenfly
greenhand
greenhead
greenheart
greenhorn
greenhouse
Greenland
greenless
greenroom
greens
greensand
greenshank
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