browny

English

Etymology

From brown +‎ -y.

Adjective

browny (comparative more browny, superlative most browny)

1. Somewhat brown; having a brownish tinge.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, A Lover's Complaint:

     His browny locks did hang in crooked curles.

   • 1906, E. Nesbit, The Story of the Amulet:

     As they got nearer to the browny fence they saw that it was a great hedge about eight feet high, made of piled-up thorn bushes.

   • 2003, Nora Roberts, chapter 3, in Key of Knowledge, →ISBN, page 48:

     “Pink, browny red,” he repeated, grinning.

Derived terms

• browniness

Anagrams

• Wyborn