brunetn.adj.

Brit.

/bruːˈnɛt/,

/brʊˈnɛt/, U.S.

/bruˈnɛt/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French brunet.

Etymology: < French brunet (noun) person who has a dark complexion or brown hair (late 12th cent. in Old French), (adjective) (of a person) dark-complexioned or brown-haired (late 12th cent. in Old French), (of complexion or hair) brown (late 16th cent. or earlier) < brun brown adj. + -et -et suffix¹. Compare brunette n. and (with use as adjective) brunette adj. Compare also earlier brownetta n.Instances of this word are sometimes (especially in early use) difficult to distinguish from instances of brunette n. and brunette adj.; forms with single t have been taken as belonging at the present entry, forms with double t at brunette n. and adj. It is also unclear whether specific examples of the form brunet denoting or designating a woman or girl reflect the pronunciation of the French feminine brunette, or indicate extended use of the French masculine form to apply to people of either gender.

A. n.

A person having a dark complexion or (now esp.) brown hair.Now sometimes used specifically to refer to a boy or a man, in contrast with brunette being used for a girl or a woman.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [noun] > shade or tone > of dark variety or complexion

brunet1671

swart1867

phaeism1891

the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > darkness > [noun] > person

brownetta1582

ouzel1600

tawny1660

brunet1671

brunette1709

brune1828

1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love iii. 45 What the Devil did I mean to play with this Brunet of Afrique?

1687 A. Behn Emperor of Moon i. i. 5 Sometimes my heart was charm'd with the gay Blonding, then with the Melancholy Noire, annon the amiable brunet.

1736 W. Douglass Pract. Hist. New Epidemical Eruptive Miliary Fever 15 The efflorescence..is not so distinctly perceivable in Brunets, Indians, and Negroes.

1771 Hist. Sir William Harrington III. li. 1 One is a fair, the other a brunet.

1826 J. C. Prichard Res. Physical Hist. Mankind (ed. 2) I. ii. iii. 140 We still trace every variety of shade among the Persians and other Asiatics, to the complexion of the swarthy Spaniards, or of European brunets in general.

1890 T. H. Huxley in 19th Cent. Nov. 767 The present contrast of blonds and brunets existed among them.

1916 K. M. H. Blackford (title) Blondes and brunets.

1943 Life 19 July 35/2 Her taste now fixed on brunets: Victor Mature and George Raft.

2005 Wall St. Jrnl. 29 Mar. b9/2 When Georgia-Pacific updated its Brawny man in 2004, he was transformed to a brunet from a blond.

B. adj.

Of complexion or (now esp.) hair: dark; brown. Of a person: dark-complexioned or (now esp.) brown-haired.Now sometimes used specifically with reference to a boy or a man, in contrast with brunette being used of a girl or a woman.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > darkness > [adjective]

blackeOE

browned-black?c1510

dark?1537

black-faced1581

adust?1586

black-visaged1602

mulatto1622

kettle-faced1680

black-favoured1681

black-a-top1685

brown-complexioned1704

blackavised1721

brunette1724

brune1747

dark-skinned1750

black-looking1753

melanic1826

melanous1836

brunet1840

copper-skinned1873

brown-skinned1904

brown-

the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > relating to tone > of dark variety or complexion

swarta1395

black-browed1590

swarfy1602

swarthy1602

swarf1619

swartish1630

swarthish1653

swarfish1671

brunette1724

dusky1827

brunet1840

1840 F. W. Taylor Flag Ship I. 72 The cheek of the English belle, the brunet beauty of the Portuguese, and the now laughing lip of the happy nun.

1887 N. H. Dole tr. L. Tolstoy Russ. Proprietor 247 But I should like to see what sort of a man this hussar is,—whether he is brunet or blondin.

1890 T. H. Huxley in 19th Cent. Nov. 757 The brunet broad-heads now met with in central France.

1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Dec. 915/1 For what reason the union of brunet-white with blackish should bring about something blacker still, is here wisely left to the biologist.

1967 ‘T. Wells’ Dead by Light of Moon (1968) v. 52 The boy looks like the mother, the father is brunet.

2000 N.Y. Times 20 Apr. f6/1 ‘Donatella Versace!’ wailed the young man with the brunet bowl-of-noodles hair.

Derivatives

bruˈnetness n. now rare

ΘΚΠ

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

melanosity1885

nigrescence1885

brunetness1897

1897 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly July 301 (figure) Brunetness. France.

1958 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 88 73 Brunetness is far commoner than blondness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	brunet
释义	brunetn.adj. Brit. /bruːˈnɛt/, /brʊˈnɛt/, U.S. /bruˈnɛt/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French brunet. Etymology: < French brunet (noun) person who has a dark complexion or brown hair (late 12th cent. in Old French), (adjective) (of a person) dark-complexioned or brown-haired (late 12th cent. in Old French), (of complexion or hair) brown (late 16th cent. or earlier) < brun brown adj. + -et -et suffix¹. Compare brunette n. and (with use as adjective) brunette adj. Compare also earlier brownetta n.Instances of this word are sometimes (especially in early use) difficult to distinguish from instances of brunette n. and brunette adj.; forms with single t have been taken as belonging at the present entry, forms with double t at brunette n. and adj. It is also unclear whether specific examples of the form brunet denoting or designating a woman or girl reflect the pronunciation of the French feminine brunette, or indicate extended use of the French masculine form to apply to people of either gender. A. n. A person having a dark complexion or (now esp.) brown hair.Now sometimes used specifically to refer to a boy or a man, in contrast with brunette being used for a girl or a woman. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [noun] > shade or tone > of dark variety or complexion brunet1671 swart1867 phaeism1891 the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > darkness > [noun] > person brownetta1582 ouzel1600 tawny1660 brunet1671 brunette1709 brune1828 1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love iii. 45 What the Devil did I mean to play with this Brunet of Afrique? 1687 A. Behn Emperor of Moon i. i. 5 Sometimes my heart was charm'd with the gay Blonding, then with the Melancholy Noire, annon the amiable brunet. 1736 W. Douglass Pract. Hist. New Epidemical Eruptive Miliary Fever 15 The efflorescence..is not so distinctly perceivable in Brunets, Indians, and Negroes. 1771 Hist. Sir William Harrington III. li. 1 One is a fair, the other a brunet. 1826 J. C. Prichard Res. Physical Hist. Mankind (ed. 2) I. ii. iii. 140 We still trace every variety of shade among the Persians and other Asiatics, to the complexion of the swarthy Spaniards, or of European brunets in general. 1890 T. H. Huxley in 19th Cent. Nov. 767 The present contrast of blonds and brunets existed among them. 1916 K. M. H. Blackford (title) Blondes and brunets. 1943 Life 19 July 35/2 Her taste now fixed on brunets: Victor Mature and George Raft. 2005 Wall St. Jrnl. 29 Mar. b9/2 When Georgia-Pacific updated its Brawny man in 2004, he was transformed to a brunet from a blond. B. adj. Of complexion or (now esp.) hair: dark; brown. Of a person: dark-complexioned or (now esp.) brown-haired.Now sometimes used specifically with reference to a boy or a man, in contrast with brunette being used of a girl or a woman. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > darkness > [adjective] blackeOE browned-black?c1510 dark?1537 black-faced1581 adust?1586 black-visaged1602 mulatto1622 kettle-faced1680 black-favoured1681 black-a-top1685 brown-complexioned1704 blackavised1721 brunette1724 brune1747 dark-skinned1750 black-looking1753 melanic1826 melanous1836 brunet1840 copper-skinned1873 brown-skinned1904 brown- the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > relating to tone > of dark variety or complexion swarta1395 black-browed1590 swarfy1602 swarthy1602 swarf1619 swartish1630 swarthish1653 swarfish1671 brunette1724 dusky1827 brunet1840 1840 F. W. Taylor Flag Ship I. 72 The cheek of the English belle, the brunet beauty of the Portuguese, and the now laughing lip of the happy nun. 1887 N. H. Dole tr. L. Tolstoy Russ. Proprietor 247 But I should like to see what sort of a man this hussar is,—whether he is brunet or blondin. 1890 T. H. Huxley in 19th Cent. Nov. 757 The brunet broad-heads now met with in central France. 1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Dec. 915/1 For what reason the union of brunet-white with blackish should bring about something blacker still, is here wisely left to the biologist. 1967 ‘T. Wells’ Dead by Light of Moon (1968) v. 52 The boy looks like the mother, the father is brunet. 2000 N.Y. Times 20 Apr. f6/1 ‘Donatella Versace!’ wailed the young man with the brunet bowl-of-noodles hair. Derivatives bruˈnetness n. now rare ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > darkness > [noun] melanosity1885 nigrescence1885 brunetness1897 1897 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly July 301 (figure) Brunetness. France. 1958 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 88 73 Brunetness is far commoner than blondness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1671
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