mauve

[ mohv ]

/ moʊv /

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noun

a pale bluish purple.

a purple dye obtained from aniline, discovered in 1856: the first of the coal-tar dyes.

adjective

of the color of mauve: a mauve dress.

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Origin of mauve

1855–60; < French: literally, mallow < Latin malva mallow

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The village houses are done up in pale gray and mauve and preside over lawns so neat and green they look like carpeting.
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The opening look combined a light turquoise, slinky evening gown with a mauve headpiece.
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Wool lace blouses with dolman sleeves topped slim matching skirts in shades of pea green and mauve.
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So far as 'blue' and 'mauve' are concerned, 'blue' is the colour of Vishnu and characterizes most of his incarnations.
The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry|W. G. Archer

Leslie threaded her needle with mauve silk, then took up her mushroom—and her theme—once more.
The Boy with Wings|Berta Ruck
Nanty dropped gracefully into a wicker basket-chair, and settled her mauve taffeta gown comfortably and elegantly.
Dimbie and I--and Amelia|Mabel Barnes-Grundy
You may lay out my best shirred-front shirt and my mauve tie, and see that my silk socks match the latter.
Jack and the Check Book|John Kendrick Bangs
Upon one side of this cloud there was fastened with a sort of jewel a long, soft feather of a slightly deeper tint of mauve.
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British Dictionary definitions for mauve

mauve

/ (məʊv) /

noun

any of various pale to moderate pinkish-purple or bluish-purple colours
(as adjective)a mauve flower

Also called: Perkin's mauve, mauveine (ˈməʊviːn, -vɪn) a reddish-purple aniline dye

Word Origin for mauve

C19: from French, from Latin malva mallow

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Word Origin and History for mauve

mauve

purple dye, 1859, from French mauve, from Old French mauve "mallow" (13c.), from Latin malva "mallow;" the dye so called from the color of the mallow plant. Related: Mauvish.

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