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khaki

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khak=i

CIDE DICTIONARY

khakia. [Hind. khākī, lit., dusty, dust-colored, fr. Per. khāk dust.].
     Of a dull brownish yellow, or drab color; -- applied to cloth, originally to a stout brownish cotton cloth, used in making uniforms in the Anglo-Indian army.
    "In the United States service the summer uniform of cotton is officially designated khaki; the winter uniform of wool, olive drab."  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
khakin. 
     Any kind of khaki cloth; hence, a uniform of khaki or, rarely, a soldier clad in khaki. In the United States and British armies khaki or cloth of a very similar color is almost exclusively used for service in the field.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

khaki, adj. & n.
--adj. dust-coloured; dull brownish-yellow.
--n. (pl. khakis)
1 khaki fabric of twilled cotton or wool, used esp. in military dress.
2 the dull brownish-yellow colour of this.

Etymology
Urdu kaki dust-coloured f. kak dust

THESAURUS

khaki

beige, brown, brownish, brownish-yellow, brunet, chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa, cocoa-brown, coffee, coffee-brown, drab, dun, dun-brown, dun-drab, ecru, fawn, fawn-colored, fuscous, grege, hazel, lurid, nut-brown, olive-brown, olive-drab, seal, seal-brown, sepia, snuff-colored, sorrel, tan, taupe, tawny, toast, toast-brown, umber, umber-colored, walnut, walnut-brown, yellowish-brown

ROGET THESAURUS

khaki

Brown

N brown, bister ocher, sepia, Vandyke brown, brown, bay, dapple, auburn, castaneous, chestnut, nut-brown, cinnamon, russet, tawny, fuscous, chocolate, maroon, foxy, tan, brunette, whitey brown, fawn-colored, snuff-colored, liver-colored, brown as a berry, brown as mahogany, brown as the oak leaves, khaki, sun-burnt, tanned.


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