brownnessn.
/ˈbraʊnnəs/, U.S. /ˈbraʊ(n)nəs/ The quality or state of being brown.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun]
brownness1572
brown1607
madder brown1815
embrownment1845
1572 J. Jones Bathes of Bathes Ayde iii f. 26v Blackenes or brownes of egestion.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rissole, the brownenesse that is giuen to a thing in the frying thereof.
1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) III. 77 The Derwent is remarkable for its Brownness.
1878 S. O. Habershon Pathol. Observ. Dis. Abdomen (ed. 3) ii. 16 Brownness of the tongue..in states of exhaustion.
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