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beige

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noun

very light brown, as of undyed wool; light gray with a brownish tinge.

adjective

of the color beige.

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Origin:
1855–60; < French; Old French bege, of uncertain origin

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Its low-slung beige brick, undulating for acre after acre.

The shelter fabric is a drab beige vinyl, and the sides of the tents roll up to let in a night breeze.

Joe--you¿ve finally met your match, and he¿s five inches of solid plastic in a beige pullover and bespoke slacks.

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Its low-slung beige brick, undulating for acre after acre.

The shelter fabric is a drab beige vinyl, and the sides of the tents roll up to let in a night breeze.

Joe--you¿ve finally met your match, and he¿s five inches of solid plastic in a beige pullover and bespoke slacks.

It was a beige folder, filled with numbers and scribbled last names.

Foliage turns yellow in fall, gradually fades to beige.

Above you see an old, keyless computer keyboard, the kind of bland beige box to be found mouldering on any sidewalk.

He wears a beige running suit, high-top sneakers and no socks.

They have a pale belly and beige to reddish-brown coat that is short during summer and thicker and longer in winter.

Apparently for several years in his teens he refused to eat anything other than white bread and beige foods.

The boundary between the green and beige marks the valley walls.

Aisles of beige boxes stretch as far as the eye can.

As she walked the site, she trailed her hands along the white and beige limestone blocks of the temple's enclosure.

How easy it is to blithely beige over the complexities hidden in our geography.

The gray, beige and navy blue colorways have sensibly been ignored.

The picture is taken by equipment in a glossy beige box the size of a hotel minibar.

We're looking down at a second man, in a beige coat.

Although there is a sedateness about the soothing beige color scheme that denotes a certain elegance.

Dimitrelos works in a windowless office with beige walls and drab furniture.

But, dressed neatly in a beige coat, beige slacks and holding a bouquet of chrysanthemums and carnations from her.

But then a second video emerged online, featuring a different man decked out in a professorial beige sportcoat.

The only neutrals are in beige and black geometric fabrics and in a beige pantsuit bordered in black.

Most of the snakes had handsome beige or brown markings.

Outfits might come in a symphony of cream, as a fine-knit polo shirt worn with beige pants and apricot jacket.

Nine women wearing beige lace dresses sat in chairs and reached up to turn on the lamps beside them.

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beige (beɪʒ)

—n
1.	a. a very light brown, sometimes with a yellowish tinge, similar to the colour of undyed wool
	b. (as adjective): beige gloves
2.	a fabric made of undyed or unbleached wool

[C19: from Old French, of obscure origin]

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Word Origin & History

beige

1858, "fine woolen fabric," from Fr. dialectal beige "yellowish-gray, brownish-gray," from O.Fr. bege "the natural color of wool and cotton; raw, not dyed," origin obscure. As a shade of color, it is attested from 1879.

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beige definition

[beʒ]

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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