greige
Of clothing, textiles, etc.: neither bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processedOf clothing, textiles, etc.: neither bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed; unfinished.
Meaning
2 senses(not comparable)Of clothing, textiles, etc.: neither bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed; unfinished.
The rolls of greige cloth sat on the factory floor waiting to be printed.
(not comparable)Of a colour like that of unbleached or undyed fabric, between grey and beige.
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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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