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taupe

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–noun
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
Origin:
1910–15; < F < L talpa mole
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taupe   (tōp)   
n.  A brownish gray.

[French, from Old French, mole, from Latin talpa.]
taupe adj.
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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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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