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russet
(rʌsɪt)
Word forms: plural russets
colour
Russet is used to describe things that are reddish-brown in colour.
...a russet apple.
The maple trees were in their autumn glory of russets, reds and browns.
russet in British English
(ˈrʌsɪt)
noun
1.
brown with a yellowish or reddish tinge
2.
a.
a rough homespun fabric, reddish-brown in colour, formerly in use for clothing
b.
(as modifier)
a russet coat
3.
any of various apples with rough brownish-red skins
4.
abnormal roughness on fruit, caused by parasites, pesticides, or frost
adjective
5.
(of tanned hide leather) dressed ready for staining
6. archaic
simple; homely; rustic
a russet life
7.
of the colour russet
russet hair
Derived forms
russety (ˈrussety) adjective
Word origin
C13: from Anglo-Norman, from Old French rosset, from rous, from Latin russus; related to Latin ruber redrusset in American English
(ˈrʌsɪt)
noun
1.
yellowish brown or reddish brown
2.
a coarse homespun cloth, reddish-brown or brownish, formerly used for clothing by countrypeople
3.
a winter apple with a rough, mottled skin
adjective
4.
yellowish-brown or reddish-brown
5.
made of russet (cloth)
6. Archaic
rustic, simple, etc.
Word origin
ME < OFr rousset, dim. of rous < L russus, reddish < IE *rudhso- < base *reudh-, redImage ofrusset
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