murrey

American  

[mur-ee] / ˈmɜr i /

noun

1. a dark purplish-red color.

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murrey British  

/ ˈmʌrɪ /

adjective

1. archaic mulberry-coloured

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Etymology

Origin of murrey

1375–1425; late Middle English murrey, morrey < Middle French moré (adj. and noun), morée (noun) < Medieval Latin mōrātum, mōrāta, neuter and feminine of mōrātus, equivalent to Latin mōr ( um ) mulberry + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

The chief part were in Sir Daniel’s livery, murrey and blue, which gave the greater show to their array. 

From The Black Arrow by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Bacon says, “Leaves of some trees turn a little murrey, or reddish;” and “a waistcoat of murrey-coloured satin” occurs in the writings of Arbuthnot.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

Just then a country gentleman, whose murrey coat has a certain country cut, while his complexion breathes of hay-fields and hedge sides, is introduced, gazes round, and steps up to her.

From Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes by Tytler, Sarah

The dress or livery of the Company seems to have varied more than that of any other—from violet, crimson, murrey, blue, blue and crimson, to brown, puce.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

She visited all her favorite trees,—the purple ash, the vivid, passionate maples, the oaks in their sober richness of murrey and crimson.

From Queen Hildegarde by Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe