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magenta|məˈdʒɛntə|
The name of a town in Northern Italy where, in 1859, the Austrians were defeated by the French and Sardinians. Used for the name of a brilliant crimson aniline dye, discovered shortly after the date of the battle.
1860R. Smith's Patent 11 Aug. in Newton's Lond. Jrnl. Arts & Sci. (1861) XIII. 225 What is called ‘Magenta red’,..may be obtained as follows. 1861R. Hunt in St. James's Mag. I. 43 The much-admired tones of the Mauve and Magenta. 1863W. Roberts in Proc. Roy. Soc. XII. 481 On Peculiar Appearances exhibited by Blood-corpuscles under the influence of Solutions of Magenta and Tannin. 1891Truth 10 Dec. 1240/2 Velvet of a peculiarly bright and daring tone of dahlia red, almost a magenta.
b. attrib. passing into adj.
1875Huxley & Martin Elem. Biol. (1877) 7 Run in magenta solution under the cover-glass. 1877Reade Wom. Hater ix. I. 208 He wore..a magenta tie that gave Zoe a pain in the eye. 1896Barrie Marg. Ogilvy ix. 178, I used to wear a magenta frock and a white pinafore.
c. Qualifying other designations of colour.
1882Garden 29 Apr. 288/2 Tulips..Proserpine, magenta-pink. Ibid. 298/3 The flowers..a glowing magenta-crimson. |