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- [broun]
- /braʊn/
- /ˈbraʊ.nɪʃ/
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- [broun]
- /braʊn/
Definitions of brownish word
- colour brownish Something that is brownish is slightly brown in colour. 3
- noun brownish a dark tertiary color with a yellowish or reddish hue. 1
- noun brownish Offensive. a person whose skin has a light- or dark-brown pigmentation. 1
- adjective brownish of the color brown. 1
- adjective brownish (of animals) having skin, fur, hair, or feathers of that color. 1
- adjective brownish sunburned or tanned. 1
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Origin of brownish
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English; Old English brūn; cognate with Dutch bruin, German braun, Old Norse brūnn; akin to Lithuanian brúnas brown
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Parts of speech for Brownish
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
brownish popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
brownish usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for brownish
adj brownish
- tan — to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.
- rust — Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- chestnut — A chestnut or chestnut tree is a tall tree with broad leaves.
- copper — Copper is reddish-brown metal that is used to make things such as coins and electrical wires.
- burnished — You can describe something as burnished when it is bright or smooth.
noun brownish
- beige — Something that is beige is pale brown in colour.
- drab — dull; cheerless; lacking in spirit, brightness, etc.
- brown — Something that is brown is the colour of earth or of wood.
- natural — existing in or formed by nature (opposed to artificial): a natural bridge.
- gold — Herbert, born 1924, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
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