TAUPE

fuscous, taupe

(adjective) of something having a dusky brownish grey color

taupe

(noun) a greyish brown

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

taupe (countable and uncountable, plural taupes)

A dark brownish-grey colour, the colour of moleskin.

Adjective

taupe (comparative more taupe, superlative most taupe)

Of a dark brownish-grey colour.

Anagrams

• ate up, eat up

Source: Wiktionary



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The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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