Words at Play : Top 10 Words for Unusual Colors Worth Looking At
Color:
Light grayish brown
About the Word:
Bisque is probably a shortened and altered form of biscuit (meaning "earthenware or porcelain after the first firing and before glazing"), which comes in turn from the Anglo-French (pain) besquit, "twice-cooked bread." One example of twice-cooked bread, a teething biscuit, can indeed be the color of such earthenware.
Full Definition:
: a light grayish brown especially used in textiles
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