khaki
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani خاکی (xākī) / ख़ाकी (xākī), from Classical Persian خَاکِی (xākī, “dusty, earthy, earth-colored”).
Noun sense 5 was coined in reference to the colour of the uniform of British troops during the Second Boer War; compare rooinek.
Inflected forms:
form: khakis
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: khakies
pos: noun
tags: error-unknown-tag
especially
noun
plural
form: carkee
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: carky
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: karkey
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: khakee
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: kharkee
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: kharki
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: more khaki
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most khaki
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: carkee
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: carky
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: karkey
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: khakee
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: kharkee
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: kharki
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: When you've shouted "Rule Britannia", when you've sung "God Save The Queen",
When you've finished killing Kruger with your mouth;
Will you kindly drop a shilling in my little tambourine
For a gentleman in khaki ordered South?
But being the right shade of khaki or shit-brown is not enough.
gloss: Khaki green, a dull green colour.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 1921, War work of the Bureau of Standards, no. 46, page 54.
The English Government for a long time has used a type of pigmented dope cover, khaki colored by iron pigments and lampblack, which is called P. C. 10.
2007, Yuji Matsuki, American Fighters Over Europe: Colors & Markings of USAAF Fighters in WWII, page 4, →ISBN.
At the end of World War I, the U.S. Army Air Service painted everything khaki. This khaki was practically the same as British PC10 and can be considered the basis of the later olive drab color.
In these notes we have used the British rather than the US terms for colours: i.e. 'khaki' here means the drab brown - US 'olive drab' - used for woolen uniforms and 'khaki drill' for the pale yellowish tan - US 'khaki' - used for lightweight summer/tropical dress.
The very loose seroual trousers were made in both sand-khaki drill, and in winter-weight khaki wool for wear with the M1946 battledress blouse.
gloss: A strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A soldier wearing a khaki uniform.
pos: noun
tags: countable
rare
uncountable
gloss: A British person.
pos: noun
tags: South-Africa
countable
derogatory
slang
uncountable
examples: "Frank, it's a khaki," I whisper, "keep straight on."
War and then victory raised patriotic sentiment inside Britain and brought the Colonial Secretary national popularity. Unionists were quick to milk this with a 'khaki' election in 1900 at which they won a massive landslide.
gloss: Khaki clothing or uniform.
pos: noun
tags: countable
in-plural
uncountable
examples: 1915 Out West magazine
The porter in going through the rear coach, which was almost empty, noticed one of the occupants, a muscular, soldierly man in khakies to be apparently asleep in his seat.
gloss: Dust-coloured; of the colour of dust.
pos: adj
Derived words: Khaki Campbell
khaki drill
khakied
khaki election
khaki-green
khakistocracy
khakiweed
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