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The definition of tawny is a brownish, yellowish tan color.

(adjective)

An example of something tawny is the coat of a deer.

Tawny is a brownish, yellowish tan color.

(noun)

An example of tawny is the color of a slightly tanned person.

See tawny in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective tawnier, tawniest

brownish-yellow; tan

Origin: ME tauny < OFr tanné, pp. of tanner, to tan

noun

tawny color

Related Forms:

tawniness noun

See tawny in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A light brown to brownish orange.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman taune

Origin: , variant of Old French tane

Origin: , from past participle of taner, to tan; see tan¹

Related Forms:

tawˈni·ness noun

tawˈny adjective

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