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khaki (kakē, kä)

adjective

  1. dull yellowish-brown
  2. made of khaki (cloth)

Etymology: Hindi khākī, dusty, dust-colored < Pers khāk, dust, earth

noun pl. -·kis

  1. a dull yellowish brown
  2. strong, twilled cloth of this color, used esp. for military uniforms
  3. a khaki uniform or pair of trousers

khaki Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • wear: They all wear green, and Delta children wear khaki.

Adjective modifier

  • greenish-tinged: Water bottle strap Brown leather Water bottle, cups, pots etc Painted dull green, or cloth covered, so probably greenish-tinged khaki.
  • pale: The walls are pale khaki, which looks beautiful with the black marble tops.
  • greenish: Officer's peaked caps could be the old style or greenish khaki.
  • rough: Her son, Guy, has been called up for the army, his tall, thin frame enclosed in rough khaki.
  • light: Default color: Men: Light greenish-tinged khaki ( see Bueno, Turnball, 1978, B2 ).

Modifies a noun

  • trouser: A thin stream of urine ran down his right leg, giving form to a dark, wet blossom on his khaki trousers.
  • uniform: The snipers are bad - they get right behind our trenches dressed in our khaki uniform.
  • shirt: Gold or yellow vanishes against dry grass, tawny hide, or a khaki shirt.
  • short: My brain told me, and naked except for a pair of khaki shorts, I struck out as fast as I was able.
  • color: Today I'm wearing gray, which are ill suited to the khaki color of my trousers.
  • pant: She faced a tall man in an unbuttoned pea coat, khaki pants, sweater, gloves holding a duffel bag.
khaki Quotes

Whenyou've shouted'Rule Britannia', whenyou've sung 'God save the Queen'ö When you've finished killing Kruger with your mouthö Will you kindly drop a shilling in my little tambourine For a gentleman in Kharki ordered South?

—Kipling, (Joseph) Rudyard

Pam, I adore you, Pam, you great mountainous sports girl, Whizzing them over the net, full of the strength of five: That old Malvernian brother, you zephyr and khaki shorts girl, Although he's playing for Woking, Betjeman Can't stand up to your wonderful backhand drive.

—Betjeman, SirJohn

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