brunette
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adjective
1.
(of hair, eyes, skin, etc.) of a dark color or tone.
2.
(of a person) having dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
noun
3.
a person, especially a female, with such coloration.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a girl or woman with dark brown hair |
| —adj | |
| 2. | dark brown: brunette hair |
| [C17: from French, feminine of brunet dark, brownish, from brun brown, of Germanic origin; see | |
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Brunette
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
brunette
1660s, from Fr. brunette (masc. brunet), from O.Fr. brunet "brownish, brown-haired, dark-complexioned," fem. dim. of brun "brown" (12c.), of W.Gmc. origin (see brown). The metathesized form, O.Fr. burnete, is the source of the surname Burnett. Burnete also was used of a wool-dyed
cloth of superior quality, originally dark brown.
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Example sentences
Lilly was an exotic in her younger years, a brunette with burning eyes and skin brown from the sun.
He stops dead in his tracks and whispers to a pretty brunette.
Then, in a bedroom, a brunette wearing a tank top points a gun at you.
There was no hot brunette, nor was there a kidnapping.
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