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colorfastness

noun

Etymology

From colorfast + -ness.

  1. derived from fasta
  2. inherited from *fastijaną✻ — “to fasten”
  3. inherited from *fastāną✻ — “to fast”
  4. inherited from *fastēn✻
  5. inherited from fæstan — “to fast”
  6. inherited from fasten
  7. compounded as colorfast — “color + fast”
  8. suffixed as colorfastness — “colorfast + ness”

Definitions

  1. The characteristic of being colorfast.

    • I have had less success with colorfastness when using plants grown indoors in winter under grow lights versus the same plants used in the height of summer.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA