Taupe

//təʊp// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A dark brownish-grey colour, the colour of moleskin. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a greyish brown wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a dark brownish-grey colour.

    "At five o'clock the patch of daylight above the red-lighted exit door turned taupe, as though a gray curtain had been flung across it; […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    of something having a dusky brownish grey color wordnet

Synonyms

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fuscousacierashenashybeigebrown

Example

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"At five o'clock the patch of daylight above the red-lighted exit door turned taupe, as though a gray curtain had been flung across it; […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from French taupe, from Latin talpa (“mole”). Doublet of talpa.

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