tanness
The quality or state of being tanThe quality or state of being tan.
/ˈtæn.nɨs/
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)The quality or state of being tan.
not so much brownness as tanness
(uncountable)The depth (hue or saturation) of tan that is present.
The tanness of these Pantone values is debatable.
The depth (hue or saturation) of tan that is present.
(uncountable)The degree to which someone is tanned (from suntanning or from a tanning bed).
Origin
From tan + -ness.From tan + -ness.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedtannish
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable