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Tawny
Meaning
Adj
●
In Colors:
Of a
light
brown
to
brownish
orange
colour.
Verb
●
In Colors:
To cause (someone
or something
) to have a
light
brown
to
brownish
orange
colour
; to
tan
, to tawn.
●
In Colors:
To become a
light
brown
to
brownish
orange
colour
; to
tan
, to tawn.
Noun
●
A
light
brown
to
brownish
orange
colour.
●
In Heraldic tinctures & Colors:
A
light
brown
to
brownish
orange
colour.
Synonym of
tenné
(“a rarely-used
tincture
of
orange
or
bright
brown”)
●
Something of a
light
brown
or
brownish
orange
colour
(particularly if it has the
word
tawny
in its name).
●
In Somerset English & People:
Something of a
light
brown
or
brownish
orange
colour
(particularly if it has the
word
tawny
in its name).
The
common bullfinch
or Eurasian
bullfinch
(Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
●
In Alcoholic beverages:
In
full
tawny
port
: a
sweet
,
fortified
port wine
which is
blended
and
matured
in
wooden
casks.
●
A
fabric
of a
light
brown
to
brownish
orange
colour.
●
A person with
skin
of a
brown
colour.
●
Tawny frogmouth.
●
In True finches:
Tawny owl.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Synonyms
Fulvid
Fulvous
Olivaster
Subfuscous
Swart
Swartish
Swarty
Brownish
Tawney
Tenné
Related
Dusky
Lilac
Sable
Russet
Chestnut
Reddish
Tufted
Speckled
Mauve
Blond
Brown
Cabernet
Pink
Mottled
Purple
Claret
Turquoise
Ochre
Yellow
Black
Pale
Silvery
Blue
Zinfandel
Purplish
Colored
Burgundy
Red
Chartreuse
Spotted
Peony
Apricot
Crimson
Sauvignon
Egret
Mahogany
Greyish
Crested
Bluish
Blackish
Throated
Maroon
Pastel
Jet Black
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Rhymes
Awny
Porny
Lawny
Tawny
Scrawny
Leprechauny
Mulligatawny
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