umber

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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From Middle French ombre (“umber”), from terre d'ombre (“dark ochre”), from Old French umbre (“shade, shadow”), from Latin umbra. Doublet of umbra.

Fishing tackle and burnt umber had no obvious associations. — The blue scarab, R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman
All the plain, the sedge below, the rolling canopy above, was tinged with reddish umber. — The Long Roll, Mary Johnston
In the midst of all this the lamp still cast a smoky glow, obscure and brown as umber. — Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson

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