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noun
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
Origin:
1910–15; < French < Latin talpa mole
1910–15; < French < Latin talpa mole
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| —n | |
| a. a brownish-grey colour | |
| b. (as adjective): a taupe coat | |
| [C20: from French, literally: mole, from Latin talpa] | |
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Taupe
is always a great word to know.
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| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Word Origin & History
taupe
1880s, "a mole," later (1911) "dark brownish-gray color" (the color of moleskin), from Fr. taupe, the color, originally "a mole," from L. talpa "a mole."
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Example sentences
Our home used to be a pinkish-taupe, which was a horrible background for yellow- or chartreuse-leaved plants.
The forewings are taupe gray with light red along the veins, with a number of oval buff spots.
The rooms have been done in shades of brown, gray, taupe and beige with accents of green and deep red.
These plastic lawn chairs come in white, green and taupe.
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