MAUVE

mauve

(adjective) of a pale to moderate greyish violet color

mauve

(noun) a moderate purple

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

mauve (plural mauves)

(historical) A bright purple synthetic dye.

The colour of this dye; a pale purple or violet colour.

Adjective

mauve (comparative mauver or more mauve, superlative mauvest or most mauve)

Having a pale purple colour.

Anagrams

• aevum, ævum

Source: Wiktionary


Mauve, n. Etym: [F., mallow, L. malva. So named from the similarity of the color to that of the petals of common mallow, Malva sylvestris. See Mallow.]

Definition: A color of a delicate purple, violet, or lilac. Mauve aniline (Chem.), a dyestuff produced artificially by the oxidation of commercial aniline, and the first discovered of the so-called coal- tar, or aniline, dyes. It consists of the sulphate of mauveïne, and is a dark brown or bronze amorphous powder, which dissolves to a beatiful purple color. Called also aniline purple, violine, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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