Meanings
orangey1
comparative orangier · superlative orangiest · alternative orangy
- Somewhat orange in colour.
The curtains were wide open, and the rich orangey sunset drowned everything in evening colour.
2005, Helen Oyeyemi, The Icarus Girl, Bloomsbury, page 95 - Resembling, or flavoured with, oranges (the fruit).
Orangey2
plural Orangies
- IrelandderogatoryslangsometimesA Protestant, especially one that is a member of the Protestant unionist community of Northern Ireland.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny one from the Protestant, Unionist and pro-British community, whether they are members of the Orange Order or not (as termed by Irish Nationalists and Catholics).
Origin
orangey · adjective
- Italianmelarancia
- Old FrenchOrengeinflu.
- Old Occitanauranjainflu.
- Old Frenchpomme d'orenge
- Old Frenchorenge
- Middle Frenchorange
- Middle Englishorenge
- Englishorange
- Englishorangey
Orangey · noun
It comes from the identification that Protestants have in Northern Ireland as supporters of the memory of King William III, "Prince of Orange", the color is often identified with the fraternal Protestant Orange Order.
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