mauveineChem.|ˈməʊvɪn| [f. F. mauve mallow + -ine5.] The base of the purple aniline dyes. 1863W. H. Perkin in Proc.Roy.Soc. XII. 713 This substance is a base which I propose to call Mauveine.1869Roscoe Elem.Chem. (1871) 410 It contains a base of complicated constitution, termed mauveine.