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Definition of Brownest
1. Adjective. (superlative of brown#Adjective brown lang=English POS=adjective) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brownest
1. brown [adj] - See also: brown
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brownest
Literary usage of Brownest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of the Art of Dyeing: With a Description of the Art of Bleaching by by Claude-Louis Berthollet, Amédée B. Berthollet, Andrew Ure (1824)
"THE shades of black are grey, from the brownest to the lightest. ... Thus the
operation is continued to the brownest shades, always adding more of the two ..."
2. A Cluster of Nuts: Being Sketches Among My Own People by Katharine Tynan (1894)
"She was a little woman, young and pretty,—married, I discovered from the good-looking
fellow who had seen her off at Dublin—the brownest of brunettes, ..."
3. Second Reader by Maud Summers (1909)
"Said the brownest little Brownie, To the weest little Fairy, "Won't you come
along And play a while with me ? " Said the weest little Fairy To the brownest ..."
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