Both Uses of
auburn
in
Don Quixote
- My anxiety and distraction did not allow me to observe or notice particularly what she wore; I could only perceive the colours, which were crimson and white, and the glitter of the gems and jewels on her head dress and apparel, surpassed by the rare beauty of her lovely auburn hair that vying with the precious stones and the light of the four torches that stood in the hall shone with a brighter gleam than all.
Chpt 1.27-28auburn = reddish-brown
- The long auburn tresses not only covered her shoulders, but such was their length and abundance, concealed her all round beneath their masses, so that except the feet nothing of her form was visible.
Chpt 1.27-28 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(auburn) colored a moderate reddish-brown -- especially of hair
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(2)
(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) More commonly, as a proper noun (capitalized), Auburn is the name of an important university and city in Alabama, and of various cities in the USA and elsewhere in the world.