beige
/ˈbeɪʒ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.30 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Dagobert had only one customer, an American who wore square, rimless glasses and a beige suit and looked like a Wall Street tycoon."
- "Mr. Lauwaert of Sony said he realized that most consumers were not going to buy computers that cost far more than discount beige boxes."
- "Think about it: he grew up in Iowa, the beigest of states, was doted on, loved generously by his parents, the top of his class, probably voted Most Handsome of 2000."
- "In the beigest parts of suburbia where I grew up, bridge was a game played by groups of parents in recreation rooms furnished with upright pianos and souvenir sombreros."
- "For a meal of relentlessly beige food, may I suggest the beigest of wines? That would be chardonnay, which will go beautifully with Melissa Clark’s chicken potpie."
- "He has no criminal record. He has no traffic tickets. His social media posts are just like... he's beige."
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French (dialectal) beige, from Old French bege (“color of undyed wool or cotton”), from an Alpine language (compare Franco-Provençal bézho, Romansch besch (“dull grey”)), from Vulgar Latin *bysseus (“cottony grey”) (compare French bis, Catalan bis, Italian bigio), from Late Latin byssus (“cotton”), from Ancient Greek βύσσος (bússos, “cotton homespun”), from Semitic (compare Hebrew/Aramaic בוץ (būṣ)). Doublet of bice.
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbeɪʒ/
- British English: /ˈbeɪʒ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
beiges (plural)
beiger (comparative)
more beige (comparative)
beigest (superlative)
most beige (superlative)