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taw⋅ny
[taw-nee] 
ni
adjective, -ni⋅er, -ni⋅est, noun –adjective
| 1. | of a dark yellowish or dull yellowish-brown color. |
–noun
| 2. | a shade of brown tinged with yellow; dull yellowish brown. |
Related forms:
taw⋅ni⋅ly, adverb
taw⋅ni⋅ness, noun
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| taw·ny (tô'nē) n. A light brown to brownish orange. [Middle English, from Anglo-Norman taune, variant of Old French tane, from past participle of taner, to tan; see tan1.] taw'ni·ness n., taw'ny adj. |
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Tawny
Taw"ny\, a. [Compar. Tawnier; superl. Tawniest.] [F. tann['e], p. p. of tanner to tan. See Tan, v. t. & n. Cf. Tenn['e].] Of a dull yellowish brown color, like things tanned, or persons who are sunburnt; as, tawny Moor or Spaniard; the tawny lion. "A leopard's tawny and spotted hide." --Longfellow.
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Language Translation for : tawny
Spanish:
leonado,
German:
gelbbraun,
Japanese:
黄かっ色の
tawny
"tan-colored," 1377, from Anglo-Fr. tauné "associated with the brownish-yellow of tanned leather," from O.Fr. tané (12c.), pp. of taner "to tan hides," from M.L. tannare (see tan).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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