From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtawnytaw‧ny /ˈtɔːni $ ˈtɒː-/ adjective CCbrownish-yellow in colour a lion’s tawny fur
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tawny• It made Fabio think of some huge, tawny animal.• Her hair was dyed tawny brown and carefully waved.• She looked like a sleek, tawny cat about to pounce on its prey.• But then I saw her face within her tangle of tawny hair - unmistakably young and female.• And it's only the tawny owl who goes tu-whit-tu-whoo.• Wardens find him sitting in a fake oak tree beside the replica of a female tawny owl.• Sweep a brush across the four shades, from lightest sand to tawny terracotta, and dust over your face.• It was another female, but small and insignificant-looking, with tawny wings whose gloss had faded.Origin tawny (1300-1400) Old French tanné, past participle of tanner; → TAN1 