auburn

Meanings

Plural: auburns

Adjective Satellite

(of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown
- "auburn hair"

Noun

A dark reddish-brown colour, often used to describe hair colour.

Adj

Of a reddish-brown colour.

Origin / Etymology

Early Modern English auburn (“brown, reddish brown”) from Middle English aubourne, abron, abroune, abrune (“light brown, yellowish brown, blond”), alteration (due to conflation with Middle English brun (“brown”)) of earlier auborne (“yellowish-white, flaxen”) from Old French auborne, alborne (“blond, flaxen, off-white”) from Medieval Latin alburnus (“whitish”), from Latin albus (“white”). More at albino, brown.

Synonyms

cupreous

Scrabble Score: 8

auburn is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 12

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