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mauveine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mau-veine
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A purple dye, the first synthetic organic dye created.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From mauve + -ine.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

mauveines (plural)

Derived Forms

pseudomauveine

Synonyms

aniline purple mauvaniline Perkin's mauve Perkin's purple

Questions

What does mauveine mean?
A purple dye, the first synthetic organic dye created.
Where does mauveine come from?
From mauve + -ine.

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