Dictionary

browny en · ADJ

Etymology

From brown + -y.

Meanings

1. Somewhat brown; having a brownish tinge.
   • His browny locks did hang in crooked curles. 1609, William Shakespeare, A Lover's Complaint:
   • As they got nearer to the browny fence they saw that it was a great hedge about eight feet high, made of piled-up thorn bushes. 1906, E. Nesbit, The Story of the Amulet:
   • “Pink, browny red,” he repeated, grinning. 2003, Nora Roberts, chapter 3, in Key of Knowledge, →ISBN, page 48:

Forms

Deriveds

browniness