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Inherited from Old English brūn, from Proto-West Germanic *brūn, from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz.

broun (plural and weak singular broune)

  1. dark, dull, murky (in color)
  2. brown (of a brown color)
  3. brown-haired
  4. having brown skin
  5. (metal) bright, shining

broun

  1. brown (colour)
  2. brown-haired person
Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)
     whit      grey, hor      blak
             red; cremesyn, gernet              citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne              yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
             grasgrene              grene             
             plunket; ewage              asure, livid              blewe, blo, pers
             violet; inde              rose, murrey; purpel, purpur              claret