madder
A herbaceous plant, Rubia tinctorum, native to Asia, cultivated for a red-purple dye…A herbaceous plant, Rubia tinctorum, native to Asia, cultivated for a red-purple dye (alizarin) obtained from the root.
» Tom got even madder.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A herbaceous plant, Rubia tinctorum, native to Asia, cultivated for a red-purple dye (alizarin) obtained from the root.
Färberkrapp, Färberröte, Krapp
маре́наmaréna
маре́наmaréna
(countable, uncountable)The root of the plant, used as a medicine or a dye.
Krappwurzel
маре́наmaréna
(countable, uncountable)A dye made from the plant.
(countable, uncountable)A deep reddish colour, like that of the dye.
Krapprot
- Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin
Examples
6 sentencesTom got even madder.
Tom is madder than a hatter.
Ziri's father was even madder than him.
A madman gets madder when you talk reason to him.
When the sun sets, the sky is died a beautiful madder red.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English mader, madere, mædere, from Old English mædere, mæddre, mædre, from PrFrom Middle English mader, madere, mædere, from Old English mædere, mæddre, mædre, from Proto-Germanic *madarǭ (compare Swedish måra, Old Norse / Icelandic maðra), from Proto-Indo-European *modʰro-, cognate with Proto-Slavic *modrъ (“blue”), and compare Irish madar (“madder”), Latvian madara (“madder”).
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Forms
plural: maddersSynonyms
3 synonyms- Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin:Rubia tinctorum
Word family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable