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Tawny

Tawny Meaning & Definition
Tawny Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Tawny?

[adj] of a light brown to brownish orange color

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Tawny In Webster's Dictionary

\Taw"ny\, a. [Compar. {Tawnier}; superl. {Tawniest}.] [F. tann['e], p. p. of tanner to tan. See {Tan}, v. t. & n. Cf. {Tenn['e]}.] Of a dull yellowish brown color, like things tanned, or persons who are sunburnt; as, tawny Moor or Spaniard; the tawny lion. ``A leopard's tawny and spotted hide.'' --Longfellow.

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