Mauve vs. Maroon
Mauvenoun
(historical) A bright purple synthetic dye.
Maroonnoun
An escaped negro slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves.
Mauvenoun
The colour of this dye; a pale purple or violet colour.
Maroonnoun
A castaway; a person who has been marooned.
Mauveadjective
Having a pale purple colour.
Maroonnoun
A dark red, somewhat brownish, color.
Mauvenoun
A color of a delicate purple, violet, or lilac.
Maroonnoun
(nautical) A rocket-propelled firework or skyrocket, often one used as a signal (e.g. to summon the crew of a lifeboat or warn of an air raid).
Mauvenoun
a moderate purple
Maroonnoun
An idiot; a fool.
Mauveadjective
of a pale to moderate grayish violet color
Maroonadjective
Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.
Mauveadjective
of a pale purple colour
âblossoms with mauve and white petalsâ;
Maroonadjective
Of a maroon color
Mauvenoun
a pale purple colour
âa few pale streaks of mauve were all that remained of the sunsetâ; âglowing with soft pastel mauves and pinksâ;
Maroonverb
To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a deserted island.
Mauvenoun
a pale purple aniline dye prepared by William H. Perkin in 1856. It was the first synthetic dyestuff.
Maroonnoun
In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains.
Mauve
Mauve ( (listen), mohv; (listen), mawv) is a pale purple color named after the mallow flower (French: mauve). The first use of the word mauve as a color was in 1796â98 according to the Oxford English Dictionary, but its use seems to have been rare before 1859.
Maroonnoun
A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple.
Maroonnoun
An explosive shell. See Marron, 3.
Maroonverb
To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.
Maroonadjective
Having the color called maroon. See 4th Maroon.
Maroonnoun
a person who is stranded (as on an island);
âwhen the tide came in I was a maroon out thereâ;
Maroonnoun
a dark purplish red to dark brownish red
Maroonnoun
an exploding firework used as a warning signal
Maroonverb
leave stranded or isolated withe little hope og rescue;
âthe travellers were maroonedâ;
Maroonverb
leave stranded on a desert island without resources;
âThe mutinous sailors were marooned on an islandâ;
Maroonadjective
dark brownish to purplish red
Maroonadjective
of a brownish-red colour
âornate maroon and gold wallpaperâ;
Maroonnoun
a member of any of various communities in parts of the Caribbean who were originally descended from escaped slaves. In the 18th century Jamaican Maroons fought two wars against the British, both of which ended with treaties affirming the independence of the Maroons.
Maroonverb
leave (someone) trapped and alone in an inaccessible place, especially an island
âa novel about schoolboys marooned on a desert islandâ;
Maroon
Maroon (US/UK mÉ-ROON, Australia mÉ-ROHN) is a brownish crimson color that takes its name from the French word marron, or chestnut. is also one of the French translations for .
âMarronâ; âbrownâ;
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