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tawny - 4 dictionary results

taw⋅ny

[taw-nee] 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.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME tauny < AF taune < MF tané, ptp. of taner to tan


taw⋅ni⋅ly, adverb
taw⋅ni⋅ness, noun
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.

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.
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).
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