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beige

UK/ˈbɛjʒ/ US/ˈbeɪʒ/ uncommon informal
noun (1) adjective (1)

noun

1.

a very light brown

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adjective

1.

of a light grayish-brown color

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Origin

Unadapted borrowing from French (dialectal) beige, from Old French bege (“color of undyed wool or cotton”), from an Alpine language (compare Franco-Provençal bézho, Romansch besch (“dull grey”)), from Vulgar Latin *bysseus (“cottony grey”) (compare French bis, Catalan bis, Italian bigio), from Late Latin byssus (“cotton”), from Ancient Greek βύσσος (bússos, “cotton homespun”), from Semitic (compare Hebrew/Aramaic בוץ (būṣ)). Doublet of bice.

Phrases

  • Beige Book
  • beige box
  • beige fat
  • beige flag
  • beige prose
  • sad beige

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