/xɑki/, /kʰɑki/, /ˈkɑː.ki/
OriginBorrowed 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.
- countable, uncountableA dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust.
“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 gentlema”
“But being the right shade of khaki or shit-brown is not enough.”
- countable, uncountableKhaki green, a dull green colour.
“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 calle”
“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”
“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 yellowi”
- countable, uncountableA strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms.
- countable, rare, uncountableA soldier wearing a khaki uniform.
- countable, in-plural, uncountableKhaki clothing or uniform.
“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.”
- Dust-coloured; of the colour of dust.
Formskhakis(plural) · khakies(error-unknown-tag, especially, noun, plural) · carkee(alternative, obsolete) · carky(alternative, obsolete) · karkey(alternative, obsolete) · khakee(alternative, obsolete) · kharkee(alternative, obsolete) · kharki(alternative, obsolete) · more khaki(comparative) · most khaki(superlative)