buffish

comparative more buffish · superlative most buffish

1. Of a colour somewhat resembling buff.

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   These two birds somewhat closely resemble each other, but the Sedge Warbler is russet-brown above, the feathers with dark centres, the pale buff eyestripe is very clearly defined, and the underparts are buffish white; the Reed Warbler is more olive on the upper parts, the feathers having no dark centres, the underparts are more inclined to buff, and the eyestripe is nearly obsolete.

   1891, Charles Dixon, The Birds of Our Rambles: With a Companion for the Country, page 130