Wiktionary:Word of the day/2022/September 4

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Word of the day
for September 4
tawny adj
  1. Of a light brown to brownish orange colour.

tawny v

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

tawny n

  1. A light brown to brownish orange colour.
    tawny:  
    1. (specifically, heraldry) Synonym of tenné (“a rarely-used tincture of orange or bright brown”)
  2. Something of a light brown or brownish orange colour (particularly if it has the word tawny in its name).
    1. (Somerset) The common bullfinch or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
  3. (alcoholic beverages) In full tawny port: a sweet, fortified port wine which is blended and matured in wooden casks.
  4. (obsolete)
    1. A fabric of a light brown to brownish orange colour.
    2. (probably derogatory) A person with skin of a brown colour.
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