african brown

noun

often capitalized A

1

: a dark grayish brown that is very slightly redder, lighter, and stronger than average chocolate brown and paler and very slightly redder than Chippendale

2

British : a very dark chocolate brown

Word History

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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