orange-tawnyn.adj.
/ˌɒrᵻn(d)ʒˈtɔːni/, U.S. /ˌɔr(ə)ndʒˈtɔni/, /ˌɔr(ə)ndʒˈtɑni/, /ˌɑr(ə)ndʒˈtɔni/, /ˌɑr(ə)ndʒˈtɑni/ Now rare (chiefly poetic).
A. n.
A yellowish-brown colour. Also: †a fabric of this colour (obsolete).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric of specific colour > [noun] > brown
tawny1416
orange-tawnyc1574
the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > yellowish brown > tawny
tawnya1400
tawniness?1550
lion-colour1551
lion-tawny1573
orange-tawnyc1574
c1574–5 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 143 Ye small inamled ring with a ribben of urring tanye.
1582 G. Whetstone Heptameron Ciuill Disc. ii. sig. G.iiij Soranso, lighted by a Page, in Orange Tawny, Watchod and Greene.
?1602 Narcissus (MS Bodl. Rawl. poet. 212) (1893) 298 Thou shalt dye whyte, and Ile dye oreng tawnye.
a1662 P. Heylin (T.) Baronets, or knights of Nova Scotia, are commonly distinguished from others by a ribbon of orangetawny.
1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. vii. 43 Her red damask,—her orange-tawny,—her white and yellow lutestrings.
1809 R. Cumberland John de Lancaster II. 45 The domestics of the castle were arrayed in their gala-liveries of orange-tawney.
1885 Cent. Mag. May 32/1 He is now five years of age, in color a rich orange-tawny.
1960 C. Read Lord Burghley & Queen Elizabeth xiv. 259 Lord Windsor followed with a company of the same size in orange tawny and black with white feathers.
B. adj. † b. Used parasynthetically, as orange-tawny-coated adj. Obsolete.
a. Of a dull yellowish-brown colour; tan-coloured or brownish-yellow with a tinge of orange.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > yellowish brown > tawny
tawny1377
blaea1400
tandy1496
tenné1562
lion-tawny1573
orange-tawny1583
lion-hued1591
tawnish1675
tawn1920
1583 in C. L. Kingsford Rep. MSS Ld. de l'Isle & Dudley (1925) I. 285 A slope bedstede of wallnuttree, the tester and curtaines of oringe tawney kersey garnished with fringe lace and buttons of blewe and orenge tawney silk.
1594 Acct.-bk. W. Wray in Antiquary (1896) 32 346 j pece of Oringe Taunie buffing.
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. i. 119 The Woosell cock, so blacke of hewe, With Orange tawny bill.
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 239 That Vsurers should haue Orange-tawney Bonnets, because they doe Iudaize.
1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. viii. 408 They had marched, from the time they left Oxford, with Orange-Tawny Scarfs and Ribbans.
1826 W. Scott Woodstock III. vi. 159 A..boy, in an orange-tawney doublet.
1865 Daily Tel. 12 Dec. 7/2 Each pair of orange-tawny tyrants [sc. tigers] had their district, with leopards, panthers, and jackals for the aristocracy.
1959 S. Plath Jrnl. 6 Oct. (2000) 515 All this month the umber needles have fallen in fine siftings to cover the paths with an orange-tawny plush.
1989 P. O'Brian Thirteen-gun Salute vi. 185 A slim brown man with a speckled orange-tawny turban..came aboard.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > orange > [adjective]
orange1532
oranged1538
orange-coloured1551
orange-tawnya1637
orangey1779
orangish1888
pumpkin orange1929
a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub iv. ii. 44 in Wks. (1640) III Thou skum of man; Vncivill, orenge-tawny-coated Clarke. View more context for this quotation
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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