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Definition of Tawniness
1. Noun. The quality or state of being the color of tanned leather. "The tawniness of his complexion"
Definition of Tawniness
1. n. The quality or state of being tawny.
Definition of Tawniness
1. Noun. The quality or state of being tawny. ¹
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Definition of Tawniness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tawniness
Literary usage of Tawniness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature Near London by Richard Jefferies (1883)
"The tawniness is indistinct, it haunts the sunshine, and is not to be fixed, any
more than you can say where it begins and ends in the complexion of a ..."
2. The Diseases of the Liver: Jaundice, Gall-stones, Enlargements, Tumours, and by James Compton Burnett (1895)
"CASE OF tawniness'OF SKIN, BRONCHIAL CATARRH, AND COUGH. ... This tawniness I
re- *See, on this subject, my " Five Years' Experience in the New Cure of ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"... (swar'-ifie-nes) ns Darkness of complexion ; tawniness. SWARTHY, (swar'-iAe) a.
Dark of complexion ; black ; dusky ; tawny. ..."
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