russetyadj.
/ˈrʌsᵻti/, U.S. /ˈrəsədi/ Inclining to a russet colour.
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russet1428
reddish-brown1530
sorrel1534
berry-brown1575
sored1587
russetish1600
Chelidonian1601
weaselled-coloured1607
deer-coloured1611
spadiceous1646
russeted1654
testaceous1688
russety1697
mahoganya1744
red-brown1786
reddy-brown1845
fusco-testaceous1847
mahogany-brown1881
persimmon1897
1697 tr. L. D. Le Comte Mem. Journey China 516 Their white Pismires..are exceeding small, of a soft Substance, white, and sometimes a little russetty [Fr. un peu rousse].
1778 E. M. da Costa Hist. Nat. Testaceorum Brit. 149/1 The inside of the concave lower valves is white and smooth when alive, but russety, livid and dull, when dead or worn.
1779 W. Marshall Exper. & Observ. conc. Agric. & Weather 167 Hedges look russetty in June.
1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 36 And Yamen's cheek is a russety brown.
1860 R. Hogg Fruit Man. 190 Skin pale greenish-yellow, thickly covered with grey russety dots.
1890 H. M. Stanley In Darkest Afr. I. xi. 250 A variegated green of plushy texture, broad red patches of tree flowering, and rich russety circles of leaves.
1912 R. Napier Tamsie xxx. 491 Ahead forged the oddly unfamiliar fox-terrier, glittering sunlit and white in the russety heather and fern.
1945 A. Meeker Far Away Music 252 Dear Anna still had russety hair and front teeth like a rabbit.
1998 BBC Vegetarian Good Food Sept. 68/3 It is richly aromatic with a russety skin and crisp, juicy flesh.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1697