tawny
pronunciation
How to pronounce tawny in British English:
UK [ˈtɔ:ni]
How to pronounce tawny in American English:
US [ˈtɔni]
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- Adjective:
- of a light brown to brownish orange color
Word Origin
- tawny
- tawny: see tan
- tawny (adj.)
- "tan-colored," late 14c., from Anglo-French tauné "of or like the brownish-yellow of tanned leather," from Old French tanét "dark brown, tan" (12c., Modern French tanné), past participle of taner "to tan hides," from Medieval Latin tannare (see tan (v.)).Related: Tawniness.
Example
- 1. Deliciously intense , nutty tawny from a single year .
- 2. He looked back and saw an amorphous mass of tawny fur rolling beside the rails .
- 3. Some tawny lions carry the special gene which explains why some prides have the odd white cub .
- 4. We then moved to the table to try the least ambitious wine of the day , a 1982 bouzy rouge from georges vesselle , a still very pale tawny pinot noir from champagne grapes that mark lynton had brought .
- 5. Anger flashed in his tawny eyes . His lips pressed into a hard line , all signs of humor gone .