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beige

[beyzh]
–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.]
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