Home › Words › Y › yellownessyellownessyellowness · noun — the state, quality, or degree of being yellow in colour.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom Middle English ȝalownes; equivalent to yellow + -ness.nounThe state, quality, or degree of being yellow in colour.Cowardice.Jealousy.e.g.“My humour shall not cool: I will incense Page to deal with poison; I will possess him with yellowness, for the revolt of mine is dangerous: that is my true humour.” — c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] BlounDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).