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TAWNY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of a light brown to brownish orange color; the color of tanned leather
Synonyms:
tawny; tawny-brown
Classified under:
Similar:
chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)
Derivation:
tawniness (the quality or state of being the color of tanned leather)
Context examples:
They paused, however, at the bridge, and, leaning their elbows upon the stonework, they stood looking down at their own faces in the glassy stream, and at the swift flash of speckled trout against the tawny gravel.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
