beige
A colour, variously defined from a pale brown, to a yellow greyish off-white.
Other meanings
Debeige; a kind of woollen or mixed dress goods.
Related words
- sad beige
- beigeish
- beigeist
- beigely
- beigey
- beiging
- beigist
- Beige Book
- beige prose
- beige box
- beige fat
- beigeness
Word history
From Ancient Greek "βύσσος" (cotton homespun).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “beige” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.