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ecru

 [ek-roo, ey-kroo]   Origin

ec·ru

   [ek-roo, ey-kroo]
adjective
1.
very light brown in color, as raw silk, unbleached linen, etc.
noun
2.
an ecru color.

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Also, é·cru  [Fr. ey-kry] .

Origin:
1865–70; < French, equivalent to é- completely (< Latin ex- ex-1) + cru raw (< Latin crūdus; see crude)
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ecru (ˈɛkruː, ˈeɪkruː)
 
—n
1.  a greyish-yellow to a light greyish colour; the colour of unbleached linen
 
—adj
2.  of the colour ecru
 
[C19: from French, from é- (intensive) + cru raw, from Latin crūdus; see crude]

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ecru
1869, from Fr. ecru "raw, unbleached," from O.Fr. escru, from es- "thoroughly" + L. crudus "raw" (see crude).
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