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mauvest

mauvest is the superlative form of mauve.

Meaning of mauve

Adjective

mauve (comparative mauver or more mauve, superlative mauvest or most mauve)

  1. Having a pale purple colour.
    • [A]long their time-marked walls wistaria threw patches of mauve blossom.1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XXII, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 222

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Questions about mauvest

What is mauvest the superlative form of?
Mauvest is the superlative form of mauve.

Words near mauvest in the dictionary

  1. mauvelouses
  2. mauvely
  3. mauveness
  4. mauver
  5. mauves
  6. mauvest
  7. mauvette
  8. mauvettes
  9. mauvine
  10. mauvish
  11. mauvy

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