greige
A colour like that of unbleached or undyed fabric between grey and beige, closely akin…A colour like that of unbleached or undyed fabric between grey and beige, closely akin to taupe.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A colour like that of unbleached or undyed fabric between grey and beige, closely akin to taupe.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Clothing, textiles, etc., which have neither been bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed; greige goods.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
The adjective is borrowed from French grège and Middle French grège (“of silk: raw, unfiniThe adjective is borrowed from French grège and Middle French grège (“of silk: raw, unfinished; of the colour of such silk, greyish-beige”, adjective), from Italian greggio (“raw, unrefined; unbleached”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Vulgar Latin *gregius (as in lana *gregia (“untreated wool as obtained from the flock”)), from grex (“flock (of sheep, etc.)”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“flock, herd; to gather”).
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plural: greigesSynonyms
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