beige
Pluralbeiges
Pluralbeiges
- 1A pale brownish color, like undyed wool or dry sand.
Like the color of sand on a quiet beach.
She painted the walls a soft beige to match the carpet.
I like beige because it goes with almost any other color.
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- 2Having a pale brownish color, like sand or undyed wool.
Like the color of dry sand.
She wore a beige coat over her blue dress.
The new sofa is beige, so it matches everything in the room.
Similardrab, colorless, bland, indistinct
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- 3Dull and safe in a boring way, like a very ordinary, quiet life.
Like a meal with no flavor at all, fine but boring.
He found his new job a bit beige after years of travel.
Their weekend plans sounded beige to her, just rest and television.
Oppositeexciting, adventurous
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- 4A kind of woolen cloth used for making dresses.
The tailor ordered several yards of beige for the winter dresses.
She picked out a soft beige for her new skirt.
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Origin
English took this word from French beige, which meant the color of undyed wool. It goes back through Latin and Greek words for cotton, and ultimately to a Semitic word.