albiness

English

Etymology

albino +‎ -ess

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ælˈbaɪnɛs/, /ælˈbiːnɛs/

Noun

albiness (plural albinesses)

1. (archaic) A female albino.
   • 1859, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., The Professor at the Breakfast-Table:

     I saw an albiness in London once, for sixpence, (including the inspection of a stuffed boa-constrictor,) who looked as if she had been boiled in milk

References

• “albiness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Lesbians, ansibles, bassline, lesbians