greige

The definition of greige is a color somewhere between beige and grey.

(noun)

When the clouds are turning a light beige-grey as part of the earliest onset of a storm, this is an example of a time when they are greige.

See greige in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Origin: Fr grège, raw (silk) < It (seta) greggia < VL *gredius, raw

adjective

grayish-beige

See greige in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Not bleached or dyed; unfinished. Used of textiles.

Origin:

Origin: French grège

Origin: , from Italian (seta) greggia, raw (silk)

Origin: , from greggio, gray

Origin: , of Germanic origin

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