Sekirov Dictionary

tawny

/ˈtɔːni/

noun9

  1. A light brown to brownish orange colour.
  2. Synonym of tenné (“a rarely-used tincture of orange or bright brown”).
  3. Something of a light brown or brownish orange colour (particularly if it has the word tawny in its name).
  4. The common bullfinch or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
  5. In full tawny port: a sweet, fortified port wine which is blended and matured in wooden casks.
  6. Tawny frogmouth.
  7. Tawny owl.
  8. (no longer used) A fabric of a light brown to brownish orange colour.
  9. (no longer used) A person with skin of a brown colour.

verb2

  1. To cause (someone or something) to have a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn.
  2. To become a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn.

adjective1

  1. Of a light brown to brownish orange colour; orangey brown tinged with gold.
forms

tawnied · tawnying · tawnies · tawnys · tawnier · tawniest

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