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ec⋅ru

  [ek-roo, ey-kroo]
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–adjective
1. very light brown in color, as raw silk, unbleached linen, etc.
–noun
2. an ecru color.
Also, é⋅cru  [Fr. ey-kry] .

Origin:
1865–70; < F, equiv. to é- completely (< L ex- ex- 1 ) + cru raw (< L crūdus; see crude )
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ec·ru   (ěk'rōō, ā'krōō)   
n.  A grayish to pale yellow or light grayish-yellowish brown.

[French écru, raw, unbleached, from Old French escru : es-, intensive pref. (from Latin ex-; see ex-) + cru, raw (from Latin crūdus; see kreuə- in Indo-European roots).]
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ecru 
1869, from Fr. ecru "raw, unbleached," from O.Fr. escru, from es- "thoroughly" + L. crudus "raw" (see crude).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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