abrash
noun
ˈäˌbrəsh,
-räsh
plural -es
: a variation or deviation of a color in Oriental rugs
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Turkish abraş, literally, "speckled, piebald," borrowed from Arabic abrash "mottled, speckled"
First Known Use
1911, in the meaning defined above
- fool with
- fool's cap
- fool's cress
- fool's errand
- fool's gold
- contemplators
- contempo
- contemporanean
- contemporaneans
- contemporaneities
- contemporaneity
- contemporaneous
- contemporaneously
- contemporaneousness
- contemporaneousnesses
- contemporaries
- contemporarily
- contemporariness
- contemporarinesses
- contemporarizations
- contemporary
- contemporise
- contemporised
- contemporises
- contemporising