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noun
The state or quality of being brown.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an orange of low brightness and saturation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: brown
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour
Narrower terms: Vandyke brown, chestnut, chocolate, coffee, deep brown, umber, burnt umber, hazel, light brown, mocha, reddish brown, sepia, burnt sienna, Venetian red, mahogany, yellowish brown, raw sienna, buff, caramel, caramel brown, puce, olive brown, taupe
History
Etymology tree English brown Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English brownness From brown + -ness.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
