tawninessn.
/ˈtɔːnɪnɪs/ The quality or condition of being tawny.
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tawnya1400
tawniness?1550
lion-colour1551
lion-tawny1573
orange-tawnyc1574
?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe sig. F.viii Coluer dounge ground in vyneger and smeared ouer thy face putteth away al morphewe & tawnines.
a1627 T. Middleton More Dissemblers besides Women v. ii, in 2 New Playes (1657) 74 She's the Suns Master-peece for tawniness.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Tawniness,..the Being of the Colour of tanned Leather.
1875 R. Browning tr. Euripides Herakles in Aristophanes' Apol. 234 He spread The tawniness behind—his yellow head Enmuffled by the brute's.
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n.?1550- of hence
- of her behalf
- of her mother's side
- of hers
- of high
- of high fashion
- of high name
- of high promise
- of high renown
- of his
- of his behalf
- of his etc kind
- of his etc own kind
- of his its kind
- of his its own kind
- of his kind
- of his mother's side
- of his own kind
- of home manufacture
- of ill example
- of in disposing mind or memory
- of in wont
- of inches
- of indifferency
- of industry