#whiteness

• Whiteness — A regional or archaic term used in certain folk dialects as a variant for 'albeață' (whiteness); it denotes white spots appearing on the cornea of the eye (leukoma), a whitish film, or opacification of the crystalline lens. Also, in traditional technical language, the word was used to describe a simple slaked lime plaster or the protective whitish layer applied to the walls of peasant houses.
• Leukoma — A pathological, whitish opacity of the eye's cornea, caused by a scar, infection, or structural trauma that partially or totally obstructs vision; leukoma. In a general chromatic and literary sense, the term denotes the quality of being white, the immaculate brightness, or the luminous reflection specific to snow or milk.
• Whiteness — The quality of being white; pronounced whiteness or an intense white color of an object, a surface, or the skin. In a literary or poetic sense, it expresses a state of immaculate purity, a distinct paleness of the face caused by emotion or illness, or the specific brightness of a snow-covered landscape.
• Whiteness — The state of being white, the attribute or quality of a white thing; a large, uniform expanse having the color of snow; a multitude of white objects or elements creating a compact visual effect. It is a collective or abstract synonym used mainly in literary language.
• Dawn — A faint, whitish, and diffuse light preceding sunrise; dawn or daybreak; a discrete paleness of the face or the luminous reflection of an immaculate surface. It is a term mainly used in poetic language or stylized prose to evoke the purity of dawn.