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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: Bondai on September 14, 2012, 10:01:15 AM
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ecru \EK-roo\, adjective:
1. Very light brown in color, as raw silk, unbleached linen, etc.
noun:
1. An ecru color.
To complete the outfit, she selected an ecru cashmere sweater to drape over her shoulders and tie loosely around her neck.
-- Pamela Hackett Hobson, The Bronxville Book Club
She was wearing an ecru gown, giving the illusion of her fading into the grayness of the wall.
-- JoAnn Smith Ainsworth, Out of the Dark
Ecru stems from the French word of the same spelling which meant "raw, unbleached." It came from the Latin root crudus meaning "raw" and the prefix es- meaning "thoroughly."
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ecru \EK-roo\, adjective:
1. Very light brown in color, as raw silk, unbleached linen, etc.
noun:
1. An ecru color.
Ecru stems from the French word of the same spelling which meant "raw, unbleached." It came from the Latin root crudus meaning "raw" and the prefix es- meaning "thoroughly."
I for one enjoy all this, I am learning a word a day and by golly it helps me to understand what others are saying.
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I for one enjoy all this, I am learning a word a day and by golly it helps me to understand what others are saying.
I do it for fun and I look forward to doing it every day. I hope people enjoy reading them. I hope nobody considers it spam. :whistling:
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I do it for fun and I look forward to doing it every day. I hope people enjoy reading them. I hope nobody considers it spam. :whistling:
I doubt anyone sees it as spam.
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I do it for fun and I look forward to doing it every day. I hope people enjoy reading them. I hope nobody considers it spam. :whistling:
Not at all. More along the lines of "brain food."
H5 given.
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Ecru: a four letter word found in many crossword puzzles, but rarely seen anywhere else.