mauver

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A form of mauve — A rich purple synthetic dye, which faded easily, briefly popular c. 1859‒1873 and now called mauveine.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

adjective
  1. comparativecomparative form of mauve: more mauve

    When the foal and broodmare hinny, And in every cut-down spinney Ladysmocks grow mauve and mauver, Then the winter days are over

    1892, Alfred Austin, “Act II, scene iv”, in Fortunatus the Pessimist, London: Macmillan, page 114
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