tawne

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman tawné.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtau̯neː/, /ˈtau̯niː/

Noun

tawne (uncountable)

  1. tawny, brown-orange (colour)
  2. tawny-coloured fabric
  3. A tawny-coloured beverage

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Adjective

tawne

  1. tawny-coloured

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See also
Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)
     whit      grey, hor      blak
             red ; cremesyn, gernet              citrine, aumbre ; broun, tawne              yelow, dorry ; canevas
             grasgrene              grene             
             plunket ; ewage              asure, livid              blewe, blo, pers
             violet ; inde              rose, murrey ; purpel              claret
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