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beige, n. and a.|beɪʒ|
Also formerly bège.
[a. F. beige adj.]
A. n.
1. A fine woollen fabric used as a dress-material, originally left in its natural colour but later dyed in various colours. Also beige cloth.
1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Beige, a French coarse cloth. 1879Cassell's Fam. Mag. Sept. 634/2 The young lady..is in bège and silk. Ibid. Nov. 755/1 Her skirt is of silk and beige cloth. 1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework s.v. Beige or Bège, Beige is made of undyed wool, is an extremely soft textile, graceful in draping, and employed for morning and out-door wear... There is a description of this textile, called snowflake beige, of a neutral ground.
2. A shade of colour like that of undyed and unbleached wool; yellowish-grey. Also beige colour, whence beige-coloured adj.
1879Cassell's Fam. Mag. Mar. 249/1 Beige shades go with moss-green. Ibid. 250/2 The hat..is of bège-coloured plush. 1896Daily News 9 May 8/6 The colour of grass lawn is technically known as beige. 1899Ibid. 19 Aug. 7/4 Beige is the coolest possible colour.
B. adj. Of wool or woollen and other fabrics, etc.: of a natural yellowish-grey colour.
1879[implied in 2 above]. 1899Daily News 20 Mar. 8/7 The creamy lace..will be deep enough in tint to be beige. 1926British Weekly 24 June 250/5 The dress of beige lace is very much liked just now. |