isabella
isabella Lexical Profile
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• noun
A pale greyish-yellow, light buff, or fawn color.
"The antique silk gown had faded over the centuries to a soft shade of isabella."
American A hardy North American cultivar of dark-skinned, sweet, purplish-black labrusca grape (Vitis labrusca), widely grown for table fruit and wine.
"The vineyard in upstate New York still maintained several rows of heritage Isabella grapes."
• adjective
Having a pale greyish-yellow, light buff, or fawn color, especially when describing animal coats or bird plumage.
"The breeder specialized in French bulldogs with rare isabella coats."
• Rhymes for isabella
Word Origin & Etymology
Named after the female personal name Isabella; in English since circa 1600, traditionally attributed in popular folklore to either Isabella I of Castile or Archduchess Isabella Clara Eugenia, who supposedly vowed not to change her linen shift until a military siege ended.
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