TAWNY


Meaning of TAWNY in English

■ 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 .

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