tawniness
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A light brown colour like tanned leather
- noun
- /ˈtɔːniːnəs/
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tonalidad tostada
- The tawniness of the leather gave it a rustic look.
Examples
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The bird’s tawniness made it difficult to spot among the grasses.
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Years spent in the sun had given his skin a distinctive tawniness.
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The tawniness of the autumn leaves gave the landscape a golden glow.
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I love the tawniness of this fabric!
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The tawniness of the autumn leaves created a beautiful landscape.
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Her dress had a lovely tawniness that reminded me of warm caramel.
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The dog's coat was a rich tawniness that blended perfectly with the golden sands.
How Tawny
Surface Forms
tawniness singular
tawninesses plural
Morphology
Etymology
The word tawniness comes from tawny, which once named the color of 'tanned leather' and is the same root as tan, the word for skin darkened by the sun. So, tawniness means that brownish-yellow, leather-like color you see in autumn leaves or on sun-darkened skin.