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khaki(dictionary)

khaki (iou)



khaki adjective & noun. ['kɑ:ki] M19.
[Urdu aki dust-coloured, from ak dust from Persian.]
A. adjective. Dust-coloured; dull brownish yellow. Also, made of khaki. M19.
B. Geldof Now in Africa he donned his casual lightweight khaki tropical gear. T. O. Echewa Green khaki shorts with frayed hems.
B. noun.
1. Dust-colour; dull brownish yellow. M19.
2. A dull yellowish-brown fabric, orig. of stout twilled cotton, later also of wool, etc., used esp. for army uniforms. M19.
Sunday Express Some are in civilian clothes, the rest in army khaki.
3. A soldier dressed in khaki; spec. (S. Afr. slang) a British soldier in the Boer War of 1899-1902. L19.
4. In pl. Khaki trousers; khaki clothes. M20.
Comb.: khaki bos , khaki bush S. Afr. any of several weeds of the composite family supposedly introduced by British troops in the Boer War; esp. Tagetes minuta, native to S. America; khaki election a general election won by appeal to war spirit or to the military vote; spec. (Hist.) that won in 1900, during the Boer War, by the Conservatives under Lord Salisbury; khaki weed a S. American plant of the amaranth family, Alternanthera repens, naturalized in southern Africa and Australia.
khakied adjective dressed in khaki E20.