mauve
adjective/məʊv/
/məʊv/
- pale purple in colour
- I’m going to paint it mauve.
- The butterflies were attracted by the pale mauve and pink flowers.
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French, literally ‘mallow’, from Latin malva.Definitions on the go
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