russet

Meaning

Noun

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.
4. A variety of potato with rough, dark gray-brown skin.

Adj

1. Having a reddish-brown color.
2. 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. Having a rough skin that is reddish-brown or greyish; russeted.

Verb

To develop reddish-brown spots; to cause russeting.

Synonyms

reddish-brown

pippin

maroon

of the color of henna

red

sorrel

reddish brown

puce

red-haired

redhead

redheaded

roux

rubicund

rubiginous

ruddy

rustic

rusty

tan

tawny

terra-cotta

vermeil

red-brown

brownish-red

of the color of the squirrel

cinnamon-red

bay

mahogany rot

chestnut

🌰

drab

ginger

lavender

mahogany

pear

🍐

Hyphenated as

rus‧set

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹʌsɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: russet

Cognate with Latin: russus

Cognate with Occitan: rosseta

In summary

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 *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”)), Occitan rosseta (“rough wool cloth”).