Russet

Etymology
Middle English< Old French rousset< rous< Latin russus, meaning "reddish".

Noun

 * 1) A coarse, reddish-brown, homespun fabric.
 * 2) Country dress; homespun cloth.
 * 3) A reddish-brown color.
 * 4) Variety of apple of russet-colored, rough skin.
 * 5) Variety of potato with dark gray-brown, rough skin.
 * 1) Variety of potato with dark gray-brown, rough skin.

Translations

 * Japanese: あずき色 (azukiiro)

Adjective

 * 1) Having a reddish-brown color.
 * 2) Gray or ash-colored (antiquated usage).
 * "Russet-pated" (gray hair). Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream, iii. 2.
 * 1) Rustic, homespun, coarse, plain.
 * Shakespeare, Loves Labour's Lost, V. 2
 * 1) "Condition of leather when it is finished, excepting the operations of coloring and polishing the surface." (From 1880s British/American dictionary.)

Translations

 * Japanese: あずき色の (azukiiro no)

Derived terms

 * russet apple (see above)
 * russet potato (see above)

Anagrams

 * estrus
 * struse
 * surest

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