madder
Of a deep reddish purple colour, like that of the dyeOf a deep reddish purple colour, like that of the dye.
» Tom got even madder.
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1 senses(not comparable)Of a deep reddish purple colour, like that of the dye.
krapprot
краповыйkrapovyj
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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