mauvishadj.

Brit.

/ˈməʊvɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈmɔvɪʃ/,

/ˈmoʊvɪʃ/,

/ˈmɑvɪʃ/

Forms: 1800s– mauvish, 1900s– mauveish.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mauve adj., -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < mauve adj. + -ish suffix¹.In the quot. 1896 mauvish translates the French adjectival phrase presque mauves (plural).

Somewhat mauve. Also modifying the names of other colours, as mauvish-blue, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [adjective] > other purples

mulberry-coloured1787

plum-coloured1799

mulberry1803

amaranthine1808

mauve1833

mauve-colour1859

mauve-coloured1860

mauvish1876

pontifical1880

plummy1885

plum1887

petunia1892

palatinate1893

1876 Church Q. Rev. July 460 The scarlet colour is so powerful as to be quite in a different plane from the meagre yellows, acrid greens, and mauvish blues.

1896 E. A. Vizetelly tr. E. Zola Rome vi. 187 He listened to Narcisse..whose blue, mauvish eyes paling with enthusiasm he now..remarked.

1967 W. Oakeshott Mosaics of Rome 90 Against the mauveish-blue semi-dome of the apse.

1992 Pract. Fishkeeping (BNC) July 25/1 This particular form is a pale metallic yellowish/beige with several vertical stripes of a mauvish colour.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mauvish
释义	mauvishadj. Brit. /ˈməʊvɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈmɔvɪʃ/, /ˈmoʊvɪʃ/, /ˈmɑvɪʃ/ Forms: 1800s– mauvish, 1900s– mauveish. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mauve adj., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < mauve adj. + -ish suffix¹.In the quot. 1896 mauvish translates the French adjectival phrase presque mauves (plural). Somewhat mauve. Also modifying the names of other colours, as mauvish-blue, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [adjective] > other purples mulberry-coloured1787 plum-coloured1799 mulberry1803 amaranthine1808 mauve1833 mauve-colour1859 mauve-coloured1860 mauvish1876 pontifical1880 plummy1885 plum1887 petunia1892 palatinate1893 1876 Church Q. Rev. July 460 The scarlet colour is so powerful as to be quite in a different plane from the meagre yellows, acrid greens, and mauvish blues. 1896 E. A. Vizetelly tr. E. Zola Rome vi. 187 He listened to Narcisse..whose blue, mauvish eyes paling with enthusiasm he now..remarked. 1967 W. Oakeshott Mosaics of Rome 90 Against the mauveish-blue semi-dome of the apse. 1992 Pract. Fishkeeping (BNC) July 25/1 This particular form is a pale metallic yellowish/beige with several vertical stripes of a mauvish colour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1876
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