Definition of Tawniness

1. Noun. The quality or state of being the color of tanned leather. "The tawniness of his complexion"

Generic synonyms: Complexion, Skin Color, Skin Colour
Derivative terms: Tawny

Definition of Tawniness

1. n. The quality or state of being tawny.

Definition of Tawniness

1. Noun. The quality or state of being tawny. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tawniness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tawniness

tawie
tawier
tawiest
tawing
tawings
tawk
tawked
tawking
tawks
tawn
tawneys
tawnier
tawnies
tawniest
tawnily
tawniness
tawninesses
tawny
tawny-breasted tinamou
tawny-breasted tinamous
tawny-owl
tawny eagle
tawny owl
tawny owls
tawpie
tawpies
taws
tawse
tawsed
tawses

Literary usage of Tawniness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nature Near London by Richard Jefferies (1883)
"The tawniness is indistinct, it haunts the sunshine, and is not to be fixed, any more than you can say where it begins and ends in the complexion of a ..."

2. The Diseases of the Liver: Jaundice, Gall-stones, Enlargements, Tumours, and by James Compton Burnett (1895)
"CASE OF Tawniness'OF SKIN, BRONCHIAL CATARRH, AND COUGH. ... This tawniness I re- *See, on this subject, my " Five Years' Experience in the New Cure of ..."

3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"... (swar'-ifie-nes) ns Darkness of complexion ; tawniness. SWARTHY, (swar'-iAe) a. Dark of complexion ; black ; dusky ; tawny. ..."

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