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tawnier

tawnier is the comparative form of tawny.

Meaning of tawny

Adjective

tawny (comparative tawnier, superlative tawniest)

  1. Of a light brown to brownish orange colour; orangey brown tinged with gold.
    • And if any of your nation attempte once to ſtoppe me in my iorney now towards Calais, […] I in my defence ſhall colour and make red your tawny ground with the effuſion of chriſtian bloud: […]1577, Raphaell Holinshed, “King Henrie the Fifth”, in The Laste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume II, London: […] for Iohn Hunne, →OCLC, page 1077, column 2

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Questions about tawnier

What is tawnier the comparative form of?
Tawnier is the comparative form of tawny.

Words near tawnier in the dictionary

  1. tawney
  2. tawneys
  3. Tawni
  4. Tawnia
  5. tawnied
  6. tawnier
  7. tawnies
  8. tawniest
  9. tawnily
  10. tawniness
  11. tawning

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