Brownish Meaning
/ˈbɹaʊnɪʃ/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown.
Sentence Examples
When he turned the spigot, brownish water came gushing out.
The tannins in the water of the mangrove swamp give it a distinct brownish color.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The old photograph had a ____ tint that made it look very vintage.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The old paper had a ____ tint due to its age and exposure to the sun.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English brown Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English brownish From brown + -ish.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The Giraffe and the Zebra and the Eland and the Koodoo and the Hartebeest lived there; and they were 'sclusively sandy-yellow-brownish all over […]"
— 1902, Rudyard Kipling, “How the Leopard Got His Spots”, in Just So Stories:
"Two pumps stood side by side in our kitchen. One was for well water and one was a cistern pump—water from the former was hard and clear, from the cistern it was brownish and soft."
— 1942, Emily Carr, “Waterworks”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:
"Watt wore, on his feet, a boot, brown in colour, and a shoe, happily of a brownish colour also."
— 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The old photograph had a ____ tint that made it look very vintage.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The old paper had a ____ tint due to its age and exposure to the sun.