This week’s theme
Words related to colors

This week’s words
castaneous
rubricate
cerulean
brunneous
variegate

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(BRUH-nee-uhs)

MEANING:

adjective: Dark brown.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin brunus (brown). Earliest documented use: 1815.

USAGE:

“It looked as though nature was taking over the planet. The colours were astounding. All shades of the brown: tawn, russet, chestnut, and filemot blending in perfectly with the reds of goldenrod, terracotta, sorrel, and rufous as the greens splashed sprays of apple, antique bronze, celadon, olive, and citrine all over the landscape like rivers of paint. I was driving on a veritable palette.
The way the trees contrasted so alarmingly with their brunneous barks left me agape.”
Derek Ghirlando; Doune; AuthorHouse; 2017.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: