Solferino
noun
a village in southeastern Lombardy, in northern Italy: battle 1859.
Solferino
American
[sawl-fe-ree-naw, sol-fuh-ree-noh]
/ ˌsɔl fɛˈri nɔ, ˌsɒl fəˈri noʊ /
noun
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a village in southeastern Lombardy, in northern Italy: battle 1859.
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(lowercase) a dye obtained from rosaniline.
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(lowercase) vivid purplish pink.
solferino
British
/ ˌsɒlfəˈriːnəʊ /
noun
Etymology
Origin of Solferino
First recorded in 1865–70; dye so named from its being discovered after the battle of Solferino
Example Sentences
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The show is on view from Tuesday through June 10 at Via Solferino 11.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2022
I stopped on the Solferino bridge to look at the lights filtered through a cold mist.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 1, 2015
To show his love of Italy, Louis Napoleon would have liked to pardon him; instead, thirteen months later, he led an army of 200,000 over the Alps and defeated the Austrians at Solferino and Magenta.
From Time Magazine Archive
A dispatch that Correspondent Raymond wrote from Italy, an eyewitness account of the Battle of Solferino in the Austrian-Franco-Sardinian war, took 13 days to reach the U.S. by boat.
From Time Magazine Archive
Scheibert, the Prussian, chatted with him about the Battle of Solferino.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
We’ll paint the Langham a fine bright solferino, when the church parade is over.’
From A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
She was wholly innocent and virtuous, but nevertheless she was going to have a new hat with the solferino breast, should the adored object prove, under rigorous examination, to be practically indestructible.
From New Chronicles of Rebecca by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
"Them cheeks is now a deep solferino colour," he observed, and Patty's flushed face had to break into smiles.
From Patty's Butterfly Days by Wells, Carolyn
A solferino neck-tie and tall hat of a pie-Adamite formation transmogrified our Mowing Machine friend.
From An American Girl Abroad by Trafton, Adeline
The latter, however, should be so placed that its trying solferino does not make a bad color clash.
From Making A Rock Garden by Adams, H. S. (Henry Sherman)
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