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taupe

7 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. taupe (noun)
  2. taupe brown (noun)
  3. taupe gray (noun)
  4. taupe rose (noun)
  5. mauve taupe (noun)
  6. orchid taupe (noun)
  7. rose taupe (noun)

taupe

noun \ˈtōp\

Definition of TAUPE

: a brownish gray
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Origin of TAUPE

French, literally, mole, from Old French, from Latin talpa
First Known Use: circa 1909

Other Color Terms

argentine, cerise, cerulean, cyan, ocher, perse, puce, vermilion

Rhymes with TAUPE

cope, coup, dope, grope, hope, lope, mope, nope, ope, pope, rope, scop, scope, slope, soap, stope, tope, trope

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