drab1

 
Pronunciation: /drab/

adjective (drabber, drabbest)

  • 1lacking brightness or interest; drearily dull: the landscape was drab and grey her drab suburban existence
  • 2of a dull light brown colour: drab camouflage uniforms

noun

[mass noun]
  • fabric of a dull light brown colour.
  • (drabs) clothes, especially trousers, made of drab: a young man dressed in drabs

Derivatives

drably

adverb

drabness

noun

Origin:

mid 16th century (as a noun denoting undyed cloth): probably from Old French drap 'cloth' (see drape)