mauvish

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

mauve +‎ -ish

Adjective[edit]

mauvish (comparative more mauvish, superlative most mauvish)

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