† tawnv.

Etymology: apparently an alteration of tan v. under the influence of tawny adj.

Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To make tawny; to bronze, ‘tan’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > tan > [verb (transitive)]

tan1530

tawny1602

tawn1721

smirch1828

1721 A. Ramsay Tartana 94 While scorching Titan tawns the shepherd's brow.

Derivatives

tawn n. rare the bronzing of the skin produced by exposure; occasionally as adj., tan or tawny-coloured.

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the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > tan > [noun]

tanning1598

sunburntness1692

tawn1744

tan1749

sunniness1753

suntan1809

tannage1845

snow-tan1901

sea-tan1902

perma-tan1984

the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > making or becoming brown > [noun] > becoming bronze

tawn1744

tan1749

bronzing1758

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

1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 145 It was a considerable Time before this upper Lip, having been long shaded..took the same Tawn as the rest of his Face.

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick v. 33 This young fellow's..cheek is like a sun-toasted pear in hue... That man..looks a few shades lighter... In the complexion of a third still lingers a tropic tawn.

1920 E. Pound Hugh Selwyn Mauberley 27 Tawn fore-shores.

1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 540 Redu Negru may be black in tawn.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	tawn
释义	† tawnv. Etymology: apparently an alteration of tan v. under the influence of tawny adj. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To make tawny; to bronze, ‘tan’. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > tan > [verb (transitive)] tan1530 tawny1602 tawn1721 smirch1828 1721 A. Ramsay Tartana 94 While scorching Titan tawns the shepherd's brow. Derivatives tawn n. rare the bronzing of the skin produced by exposure; occasionally as adj., tan or tawny-coloured. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > tan > [noun] tanning1598 sunburntness1692 tawn1744 tan1749 sunniness1753 suntan1809 tannage1845 snow-tan1901 sea-tan1902 perma-tan1984 the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > making or becoming brown > [noun] > becoming bronze tawn1744 tan1749 bronzing1758 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 1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 145 It was a considerable Time before this upper Lip, having been long shaded..took the same Tawn as the rest of his Face. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick v. 33 This young fellow's..cheek is like a sun-toasted pear in hue... That man..looks a few shades lighter... In the complexion of a third still lingers a tropic tawn. 1920 E. Pound Hugh Selwyn Mauberley 27 Tawn fore-shores. 1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 540 Redu Negru may be black in tawn. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.1721
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