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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A grayish to pale yellow or light grayish-yellowish brown.

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  1. n. A beige colour.
  2. adj. Of a beige colour.

Etymologies

  1. French écru, raw, unbleached, from Old French escru : es-, intensive pref. (from Latin ex-; see ex-) + cru, raw (from Latin crūdus; see kreuə- in Indo-European roots).

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