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tawny Definition

tawny (tô′nē)

adjective tawnier -·nier, tawniest -·ni·est

brownish-yellow; tan

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

noun

tawny color

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tawny Synonyms

tawny

modif.

tanned, brownish-tan, leathery, dusky, reddish-tan, browned, brownish, dusky, dark, mulatto, russet, yellowish, golden, dark-gold, brownish-yellow, tanné (French); see also dusky, brown, gold 2, red, tan, yellow. See syn. study at dusky.

tawny Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • old: No, you may not have a glass of my 20 year old tawny.

Modifies a noun

  • adolphia: At about per tawny quot adolphia myself than i i can get.
  • owl: Tawny Owls have large eyes, which help them see small animals in the darkness.
  • pipit: Tawny pipit: after the first birds at Paphos on 27th, this bird seemed to be a common, but unobtrusive, migrant.
  • quot: If you incur some of the a foreign investor and tawny quot.
  • port: Finally, to round things off with a bit of a flourish, how about a tawny port.
  • color: The plain is a general sunburned tawny color, the rock of the mountains is painted by distance to a lovely color like lavender.
tawny Quotes

Tawny are the leaves turned but they still hold, And it is harvest; what shall this land produce? A meagre hill of kernels, a runnel of juice; Declension looks from our land, it is old. Therefore let us assemble, dry, gray, spare, And mild as yellow air.

—Ransom,John Crowe

Browse dictionary entries near tawny

  1. ‹ tawniness
  2. ‹ tawniest
  3. ‹ tawnier
  4. ‹ Tawney
  5. ‹ tawdry
  6. ‹ tawdriness
  7. ‹ tawdriest
  8. ‹ tawdrier
  9. ‹ taw
  10. ‹ taverner
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