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Definition of Tawny
1. Adjective. Of a light brown to brownish orange color; the color of tanned leather.
Definition of Tawny
1. a. Of a dull yellowish brown color, like things tanned, or persons who are sunburnt; as, tawny Moor or Spaniard; the tawny lion.
Definition of Tawny
1. Adjective. Of a light brown to brownish orange colour ¹
2. Noun. A light brown to brownish orange colour ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tawny
1. light brown [adj -NIER, -NIEST] : TAWNILY [adv] / a light brown color [n -NIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tawny
Literary usage of Tawny
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1906)
"Abdomen dark brown above, below nearly white, with a dusting of tawny scales on
the last two segments. Antennas dark brown. The upper side of both wings has ..."
2. Monographs of the Diptera of North America by Hermann Loew, Carl Robert Osten-Sacken, Smithsonian Institution (1867)
"Body dark tawny, thinly clothed with tawny hairs, covered with gray bloom, which
has a tawny tinge on the breast ; head tawny ; sides of the face without ..."
3. List of the Specimens of Dipterous Insects in the Collection of the British by Francis Walker (1849)
"jest : sucker tawny, clothed with tawny hairs ; palpi pale tawny, ... Boily tawny,
clothed with short black hairs, pitchy towards the of the chest and on ..."
4. The Birds of America by John James Audubon (1841)
"At Labrador, as well as in the latter State, the tawny Thrush retains its retired
habits, and seeks refuge in the concealment of dark ..."
5. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1884)
"A variety with tawny fiber furnishes the Nankin cotton. ... A tawny variety occurs.
This is the tallest of all cotton bushes, and it is probably this ..."
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