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unbrown

unbrown adjective: not brown.

Adjective

unbrown (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Not brown.
    • And all who leave her, seeking the virgin's unbrown, ungold hair and her blanched and icy breast where no lover has died, return to her when she smiles across her languid fan.1925, William Faulkner, New Orleans, Sketches

Origin of unbrown

From un- + brown.

Questions about unbrown

What does unbrown mean?
Unbrown means not brown.
What part of speech is unbrown?
Unbrown is an adjective.

Words near unbrown in the dictionary

  1. unbrotherlike
  2. unbrotherliness
  3. unbrotherly
  4. unbrothers
  5. unbrought
  6. unbrown
  7. unbrowned
  8. unbrowsable
  9. unbrowsed
  10. unbruisable
  11. unbruised

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