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auburn Definition

au·burn (ô′bərn)

adjective, noun

reddish brown

Etymology: ME auburne < OFr auborne < ML alburnus < L albus, white (see elf); meaning infl. by ME brun, brown

auburn Synonyms

auburn

modif.

reddish, coppery, reddish-brown, reddish-yellow, titian, copper, russet, rust, henna, chestnut; see also brown, red.

auburn Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • pale: Brush ringed with auburn and black on a paler auburn and brown ground.
  • solid: Brush solid auburn or ringed with dark auburn on a paler auburn ground.
  • dark: Brush solid auburn or ringed with dark auburn on a paler auburn ground.

Modifies a noun

  • curl: Goff was 16, an outgoing girl with long auburn curls.
  • lock: Today the young woman with the auburn locks has matured.
  • tress: The Girl I Love The girl I love is comely, straight, and tall, Down her white neck her auburn tresses fall.
  • highlight: And seven hours later, she left with the best cut she's had in 14 years, with lovely warm auburn highlights.
  • black: TORTOISESHELL TURKISH VAN ( 13d6 ) Pattern Color - Head markings shades of auburn and/or black with no tabby markings.
  • color: Back to Contents Other Uses " The leaves and sawdust boiled in lye were used to dye hair an auburn color.
Auburn Quotes

Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the plain, Where health and plenty cheered the labouring swain.

—Goldsmith, Oliver