russet
Having a reddish-brown colorHaving a reddish-brown color.
» The walls of the house are pale yellow, the shutters russet red.
Die Hauswände sind fahlgelb, die Fensterläden rostrot.
Meaning
5 sensesHaving a reddish-brown color.
rostbraun
of brown with a reddish tinge
Rustic, homespun, coarse, plain.
The condition of leather when its treatment is complete, but it is not yet colored (stained) and polished.
Having a rough skin that is reddish-brown or greyish; russeted.
(archaic)Gray or ash-colored.
Examples
3 sentencesThe walls of the house are pale yellow, the shutters russet red.
deDie Hauswände sind fahlgelb, die Fensterläden rostrot. — raggione
The road in front of us grew bleaker and wilder over huge russet and olive slopes, sprinkled with giant boulders.
Russets and Coxes are far nicer apples than Granny Smiths and Braeburns.
deEgremont Russet und Cox Orange sind weitaus bessere Äpfel als Granny Smith und Braeburn. — Waldelfe
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English russet, from Anglo-Norman russet, rossat, roset, and Middle French rosFrom Middle English russet, from Anglo-Norman russet, rossat, roset, and Middle French rosset, rousset (“reddish, reddish-brown; a rough wool cloth”), from Middle French rous, rus (“to rouse”) + -et (diminutive suffix); compare Late Latin rossetum, russetum, russeta (“rough wool cloth”), Latin russus (“red”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”)), Occitan rosseta (“rough wool cloth”).
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Forms
more russet, most russet| Comparative | more russet Lesson |
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| Superlative | most russet Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form