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tannish

[tan-ish]

adjective

  1. somewhat tan.

    a tannish belt.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of tannish1

First recorded in 1935–40; tan 1 + -ish 1
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Example Sentences

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Between them stood a tannish boulder that Aru was quite certain hadn’t been there when they were farther away.

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Homestead and Florida City, much in rubble, fields flooded with creamy tannish water.

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Others, like “Autumn Rhapsody” — where several pieces of yellow Perspex interact marvelously with steel painted a tannish green — suggest architecture, furniture or perhaps a great organ.

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Colours vary with tannish and greenish hues most popular.

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He would nearly always wear the same thing — a tannish brown suit, sometimes with a tie.

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