taupe
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 5
/təʊp/
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/təʊp/ · /toʊp/
Definition of taupe
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)A dark brownish-grey colour, the colour of moleskin.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)A dark brownish-grey colour, the colour of moleskin.
adj
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Of a dark brownish-grey colour.
“At five o'clock the patch of daylight above the red-lighted exit door turned taupe, as though a gray curtain had been flung across it; […]”
“In the front room, on an old taupe overstuffed sofa, the head of the house lay in a blanket bathrobe, […]”
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Etymology
Borrowed from French taupe, from Latin talpa (“mole”). Doublet of talpa.
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