brownyadj.
/ˈbraʊni/, U.S. /ˈbraʊni/ rare.
Inclining to brown.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > brownish
faucha1522
brownish1555
browny1582
brownish-coloured1685
earth colour1775
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 69 Thee brownye lion too stalck fro the mounten he wissheth.
1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. K2v His browny locks did hang in crooked curles.
1873 C. Kingsley Valentine's D. Oh! I wish I were a tiny browny bird.
Compounds
With the name of another colour, as browny-green, browny-grey.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > brownish grey
bice1330
butternut1772
stone-coloured1772
stone1848
ficelle-coloured1882
oatmeal1885
moleskin-coloured1903
browny-grey1905
mole-grey1906
mole1908
stony1910
taupe1911
the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > brownish green
olive drab1768
browny-green1905
1905 Westm. Gaz. 5 Aug. 10/2 It is a very becoming tone, that bronze browny green.
1906 Daily Chron. 10 Dec. 4/4 The browny-grey soldiers of Russia.
1907 Daily Chron. 12 Apr. 9/3 The browny-grey back of her sharply-pointed wings.
1945 G. Millar Maquis vii. 147 He wore a very old browny-green tweed coat and trousers.
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adj.1582