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beige

  [beyzh]
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–noun
1. very light brown, as of undyed wool; light gray with a brownish tinge.
–adjective
2. of the color beige.
Origin:
1855–60; < F; OF bege, of uncert. orig.
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beige   (bāzh)   
n.  

  1. A light grayish brown or yellowish brown to grayish yellow.

  2. A soft fabric of undyed, unbleached wool.

adj.  Light grayish-brown or yellowish-brown to grayish-yellow.

[French, fine woolen fabric left in its natural color, from Old French bege, perhaps from shortening of Old Italian bambagia, cotton wool, ultimately from Medieval Latin bombax, cotton; see bombazine.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
beige [beʒ]

  1. mod.
    boring; insipid. (California. See also vanilla.) : This day is way beige! Bag it!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

beige 
1858, "fine woolen fabric," from Fr. dialectal "yellowish-grey," from O.Fr. bege "the natural color of wool and cotton," origin obscure. As a shade of color, it is attested from 1879.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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