MAUVE
What does "MAUVE" mean?
A pale purple color, between lilac and pink.
Meanings
- A soft, pale shade of purple tinged with grey or pink. The bridesmaids wore dresses in dusty mauve.
- Of a pale purple color. She painted the bedroom a calming mauve.
Did you know?
- Mauve was a lab accident: in 1856 the 18-year-old chemist William Henry Perkin was trying to make synthetic quinine, produced a purple sludge instead, and launched the world's first synthetic dye industry.
Word origin
From French 'mauve', the mallow plant, from Latin 'malva' (mallow), whose flowers are pale purple.
Remember it
MAUVE rhymes with 'cove' and 'rove', not 'have' - say MOHV, a soft purple word for a soft purple color.
A little poem
A failed quinine left purple on the glass-
the chemist stared, then dyed a nation's silk.
Half of progress is the right wrong color.
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Wordplay
- Two shades argued over who was bolder. Mauve stayed out of it - it never could commit to being purple or pink.
What it teaches
The accident you almost discard may be the discovery; not every failed aim misses everything.
Quick facts
What does MAUVE mean?
A pale purple color, between lilac and pink.
Is MAUVE a valid word?
Yes — MAUVE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is MAUVE?
MAUVE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does MAUVE come from?
From French 'mauve', the mallow plant, from Latin 'malva' (mallow), whose flowers are pale purple.
What can MAUVE teach us?
The accident you almost discard may be the discovery; not every failed aim misses everything.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.