tawny
11tawny — UK [ˈtɔːnɪ] / US [ˈtɔnɪ] adjective Word forms tawny : adjective tawny comparative tawnier superlative tawniest between yellow and brown in colour …
12tawny — [“toni] mod. excellent. □ Who is hrowing this tawny party anyway? □ This pizza is, like, tawny! …
13tawny — adj. (tawnier, tawniest) of an orange or yellow brown colour. Phrases and idioms: tawny eagle a brownish African or Asian eagle, Aquila rapax. tawny owl a reddish brown European owl, Strix aluco. Derivatives: tawniness n. Etymology: ME f. AF… …
14tawny — colorful colorful adj. 1. having striking color. Opposite of {colorless}. Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot}; {deep, rich}; {flaming}; {fluorescent, glowing}; {prismatic}; {psychedelic}; {red, ruddy, flushed,… …
15tawny — 1. adjective /ˈtɔni/ Of a light brown to brownish orange colour They fell a twittering among themselves once more, and this time their intoxicating babble was of violet seas, tawny sands, and lizard haunted walls. 2. nou …
16Tawny — Gyldenbrun, farve som portvin får ved fadlagring. Billig tawny laves i dag ved at blande rød og hvid portvin …
17tawny — taw|ny [ˈto:ni US ˈto: ] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: tanné, past participle of tanner; TAN1] brownish yellow in colour ▪ a lion s tawny fur …
18tawny — adjective (tawnier, tawniest) of an orange brown or yellowish brown colour. noun tawny colour. Derivatives tawniness noun Origin ME: from OFr. tane, from tan tanbark ; related to tan1 …
19tawny — adjective brownish yellow in colour: a lion s tawny fur …
20tawny — taw•ny [[t]ˈtɔ ni[/t]] adj. ni•er, ni•est, n. 1) of a dark yellowish or yellowish brown color; yellowish or dullish golden brown 2) tawny color • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME tauny < AF taune; MF tané, ptp. of taner to tan I taw′ni•ly, adv.… …
