nutbrown

[nuht-broun]

adjective

1. dark brown, as many nuts when ripe.

nutbrown

/ ˈnʌtˈbraʊn /

adjective

1. of a brownish colour, esp a reddish-brown

   nutbrown hair

Word History and Origins

Origin of nutbrown¹

1250–1300; Middle English. See nut, brown

Example Sentences

“Oh my aching ear. Father Abbot, you wouldn’t see a poor son of the Spike suffering like this without a drop of last October’s nutbrown ale to wet his parched gullet,” he pleaded.

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The tale of two nutbrown hares, who try to express their affection for each other, became a children's classic.

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At first, during the autumn days, she had used it for a scamper through the nutbrown woods.

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Brownie,—that's all my own name for you,—isn't it, you nutbrown maid!

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The curtains all parted, and from the midst of each there stepped a little nutbrown maid, who seemed too lovely to be Indian.

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