different between russet vs cupreous

English

Etymology

From Middle English russet, from Anglo-Norman russet, rossat, roset, and Middle French rosset, rousset (“reddish, reddish-brown; a rough wool cloth”), from Middle French rous, rus (“to rouse”) + -et (“suffix indicating diminution”); compare Late Latin rossetum, russetum, russeta (“rough wool cloth”), Latin russus (“red”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h?rewd?- (“red”)), Occitan rosseta (“rough wool cloth”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: r?s??t, IPA^(key): /???s?t/
• Rhymes: -?s?t
• Hyphenation: rus?set

Noun

russet (countable and uncountable, plural russets)

1. A reddish-brown color.
2. A coarse, reddish-brown, homespun fabric; clothes made with such fabric.
3. A variety of apple with rough, russet-colored skin.

   Synonym: russeting

   Coordinate term: reinette
4. A variety of potato with rough, dark gray-brown skin.

Translations

Adjective

russet (comparative more russet, superlative most russet)

1. Having a reddish-brown color.
2. (archaic) Gray or ash-colored.
3. Rustic, homespun, coarse, plain.
4. The condition of leather when its treatment is complete, but it is not yet colored (stained) and polished.
5. (botany) Having a rough skin that is reddish-brown or greyish; russeted.

Translations

Verb

russet (third-person singular simple present russets, present participle russeting or russetting, simple past and past participle russeted or russetted)

1. (transitive, intransitive, of apples, pears, etc.) To develop reddish-brown spots; to cause russeting.

Derived terms

See also

• Appendix:Colors

Further reading

• russet (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Suters, estrus, struse, surest, tusser

German

Pronunciation

Verb

russet

1. Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of rußet.

English

Etymology

From Latin cupreus, from cuprum (“copper”).

Noun

cupreous (uncountable)

1. A reddish-brown color, like that of polished copper.

Adjective

cupreous (comparative more cupreous, superlative most cupreous)

1. Of or of the nature of copper.
2. (chemistry) Containing copper.
3. Of a reddish-brown color, like that of polished copper.

Synonyms

• (of or of the nature of copper): cuprous
• (of a reddish-brown color): auburn, brassy, coppery, russet

Derived terms

• cupreo-

Related terms

• cuprea
• cuprea bark
• cupreine

See also

• cupric
• cuprous
• Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• coupures