taupe
noun
- dark brown color between brown and gray
adjective
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Pronunciation: /təʊp/ / /toʊp/
adj
Etymology: Borrowed from French taupe, from Latin talpa (“mole”). Doublet of talpa.
- Of a dark brownish-grey colour.
“At five o'clock the patch of daylight above the red-lighted exit door turned taupe, as though a gray curtain had been flung across it; […]”
“In the front room, on an old taupe overstuffed sofa, the head of the house lay in a blanket bathrobe, […]”
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French taupe, from Latin talpa (“mole”). Doublet of talpa.
- A dark brownish-grey colour, the colour of moleskin.