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mauvish

mauvish adjective: somewhat mauve.

Adjective

mauvish (comparative more mauvish, superlative most mauvish)

  1. Somewhat mauve.
    • In cold weather rosaceous cheeks often tend to become mauvish and take on a cyanotic tinge.1976, Ronald Marks, Common facial dermatoses, page 9

Forms of mauvish

comparativemore mauvish
superlativemost mauvish

Origin of mauvish

From mauve + -ish.

Questions about mauvish

What does mauvish mean?
Mauvish means somewhat mauve.
What part of speech is mauvish?
Mauvish is an adjective.

Words near mauvish in the dictionary

  1. mauves
  2. mauvest
  3. mauvette
  4. mauvettes
  5. mauvine
  6. mauvish
  7. mauvy
  8. mauza
  9. mauzadar
  10. mauzadars
  11. mauzas

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