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taupe

[ tohp ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.

taupe

/ təʊp /

Origin of taupe¹

1910–15; < French < Latin talpa mole

Origin of taupe¹

C20: from French, literally: mole, from Latin talpa

Molly’s boyfriend was at his job, working construction, while the sisters sat beside each other on a worn taupe couch.

The tailoring focused on shades of black, olive, gray, and taupe.

Merimee says of George Sand that he has known her "maigre comme un clou et noire comme une taupe."

At the doors a taupe-colored dusk and a cold November rain closed round her like a wet blanket.

The bathroom has the walls painted in broad stripes of dull blue and taupe, the stripes being quite six inches wide.

The carpet made of dark taupe velvet covers the entire floor.

Her moleskin coat is gone from her wardrobe, and her little taupe hat.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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