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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 leatherplay

  Familiarity information: TAWNINESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TAWNINESS (noun)


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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