■ adjective ( tawnier , tawniest ) of an orange-brown or yellowish-brown colour.
■ noun ~ colour.
Derivatives
tawniness noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. tane , from tan 'tanbark'; related to tan 1 .
■ adjective ( tawnier , tawniest ) of an orange-brown or yellowish-brown colour.
■ noun ~ colour.
Derivatives
tawniness noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. tane , from tan 'tanbark'; related to tan 1 .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004