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

Sir knight and comrade, hither comes one, no nutbrown maid is she, but the fairest of all fair women in this world.

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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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It began with the College exercise, and ended with the “Nutbrown Maid.”

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A snow-white moustache and imperial made his nutbrown complexion appear darker than it really was.

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