browny, a. rare.
(ˈbraʊnɪ)
[f. brown a. + -y.]
1. Inclining to brown.
| 1582 Stanyhurst æneid iv. (Arb.) 164 Thee brownye lion too stalck fro the mounten he wissheth. 1597 Shakes. Lover's Compl. xiii, His browny locks did hang in crooked curles. 1873 Kingsley Valentine's D., Oh! I wish I were a tiny browny bird. |
2. Comb.: with the name of another colour, as browny-green, browny-grey.
| 1905 Westm. Gaz. 5 Aug. 10/2 It is a very becoming tone, that bronze browny green. 1906 Daily Chron. 10 Dec. 4/4 The browny-grey soldiers of Russia. 1907 Ibid. 12 Apr. 9/3 The browny-grey back of her sharply-pointed wings. 1945 G. Millar Maquis vii. 147 He wore a very old browny-green tweed coat and trousers. |