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Definition russet

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”).

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

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.

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.

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