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adj
Of a deep reddish purple colour, like that of the dye.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
comparative form of mad: more mad
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Usage: comparative, form-of
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noun
A herbaceous plant, Rubia tinctorum, native to Asia, cultivated for a red-purple dye (alizarin) obtained from the root.
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noun
The root of the plant, used as a medicine or a dye.
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noun
A dye made from the plant.
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noun
A deep reddish colour, like that of the dye.
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noun
Obsolete form of mether.
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Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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verb
To dye with madder.
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Usage: rare, transitive
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verb
Eye dialect spelling of matter.
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Usage: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
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noun
Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Rubia tinctorum
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Broader terms: madderwort, rubiaceous plant
verb
color a moderate to strong red
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Broader terms: redden
History
From 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”).
Inflected forms.
Borrowed from Irish meadar.
Across languages
119 source translations are retained for this English entry.
