Mauve

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A moderate grayish violet to moderate reddish purple.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A bright purple synthetic dye.
  • n. The colour of this dye; a pale purple or violet colour.
  • adj. having a pale purple colour.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A color of a delicate purple, violet, or lilac.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A reddish-purple dye obtained from aniline, the sulphate of the base mauvein; also, the color produced by it: so called from the resemblance of the color to the purple markings of the petals of mallows. It is now almost out of use. Also called Perkin's purple, aniline violet, and aniline purple.
  • Of the color of mauve: as, a mauve dress.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a moderate purple
  • adj. of a pale to moderate greyish violet color
  • Equivalent
    chromatic   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    purpleness    purple   
    Cross Reference
    acid mauve    Colours   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    sauve   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    maroon    lavender    cream-colored    brocaded    rose-colored    magenta    Burgundy    sky-blue    woolen    turquoise