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TAWNINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tawniness mean?
• TAWNINESS (noun)
The noun TAWNINESS has 1 sense:
1. the quality or state of being the color of tanned leather
Familiarity information: TAWNINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality or state of being the color of tanned leather
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
the tawniness of his complexion
Hypernyms ("tawniness" is a kind of...):
complexion; skin color; skin colour (the coloring of a person's face)
Derivation:
tawny (of a light brown to brownish orange color; the color of tanned leather)
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