russet

Meanings

Plural: russets

Noun

a reddish brown homespun fabric
A reddish-brown color.
A coarse, reddish-brown, homespun fabric; clothes made with such fabric.
A variety of apple with rough, russet-colored skin.
A variety of potato with rough, dark gray-brown skin.

Adjective Satellite

of brown with a reddish tinge

Adj

Having a reddish-brown color.
Gray or ash-colored.
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.

Verb

To develop reddish-brown spots; to cause russeting.

Origin / Etymology

From 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”).

Synonyms

russeting

Scrabble Score: 6

russet is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
russet is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
russet is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

russet is a valid Words With Friends word