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The Meaning of russet

  • (a.) Of a reddish brown color, or (by some called) a red gray; of the color composed of blue, red, and yellow in equal strength, but unequal proportions, namely, two parts of red to one each of blue and yellow; also, of a yellowish brown color.
  • (a.) Coarse; homespun; rustic.
  • (n.) A russet color; a pigment of a russet color.
  • (n.) Cloth or clothing of a russet color.
  • (n.) A country dress; -- so called because often of a russet color.
  • (n.) An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the English russet, and the Roxbury russet.

Synonyms

chromatic

Antonyms

neutral , achromatic

Homophones

russett

Rhymes

frisket , gusset , licit , musset , russett , tissot