Idioms for brown
browned off, Slang.
angry; fed up.
do it up brown, Informal.
to do thoroughly: When they entertain, they really do it up brown.
Origin of brown
before 1000; Middle English; Old English
brūn; cognate with Dutch
bruin, German
braun, Old Norse
brūnn; akin to Lithuanian
brúnas brown
usage note for brown
Brown as a noun and adjective to describe people with a brownish skin color is often perceived as insulting. Historically it has been used by anthropologists and scientists as a racial and ethnic classification to describe various dark-skinned populations, as in North Africa, the Middle East, Malaysia, and South Asia. It is also a term associated with colonialism. In recent times,
brown has been used of Hispanics and South Asians in North America, many of whom self-identify as
brown.
OTHER WORDS FROM brown
Words nearby brown
browband,
browbeat,
browder,
browed,
browlift,
brown,
brown alga,
brown algae,
brown bag,
brown bagger,
brown bagging
Example sentences from the Web for brownish
British Dictionary definitions for brownish (1 of 2)
brown
/ (braʊn) /
noun
adjective
verb
to make (esp food as a result of cooking) brown or (esp of food) to become brown
Derived forms of brown
brownish or browny, adjective brownness, nounWord Origin for brown
Old English
brūn; related to Old Norse
brūnn, Old High German
brūn, Greek
phrunos toad, Sanskrit
babhru reddish-brown
British Dictionary definitions for brownish (2 of 2)
Brown
/ (braʊn) /
noun
Medical definitions for brownish
Brown
[ broun ]
American geneticist. He shared a 1985 Nobel Prize for discoveries related to cholesterol metabolism.
Idioms and Phrases with brownish
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