French vs. "red" and "orange" (off-topic)

[Sam Clements]

Jon,

I SWEAR it wasn't there when I wrote that piece.

SC
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Subject: Re: French vs. "red" and "orange" (off-topic)


> Looks to me like OED has "tawny, a." from Langland's day.
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> JL
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> If I've got it correct, the word "orange" is cited in the OED PRIOR to the
> word "tawny."