English Explanatory Dictionary

greenery-yallery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to the colors green and yellow as used in the style of late-nineteenth-century Aestheticism; hence, typical of Aestheticism; affected.

Word forms

greenery-yallery more greenery-yallery most greenery-yallery

Etymology

From green + -ery + yaller (pronunciation spelling of yellow) + -y.

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