How do you pronounce murrey?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmʌɹi/.

Where does murrey come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

murrey

/ˈmʌɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables: mur-rey
IPA: /ˈmʌɹi/

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Meaning

noun

The mulberry fruit.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A tincture, the colour of mulberries, between gules (red) and purpure (purple).

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Of a mulberry colour.

name

A surname.

Example Sentences

"This coat continued to button, up the front, with nine buttons, various now in shape, and colour, but without exception of such exceptional size as to remain, once buttoned, buttoned. Aloft in the flowerhole brooded the remains of a factitious murrey chrysanthemum."

Etymology

From Middle English murrey, murreye, from Middle French moré, morée, from Latin moratum, morata, from neuter and feminine respectively of moratus (“mulberry-colored”), from morum (“mulberry”) + -atus (“-ate”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: murrey

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

murreys (plural)

Homonyms

Moray Murray

Rhymes With

worry murray hurry surrey furry blurry uri flurry currie slurry surry scurry