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noun
A shade of bright red-orange.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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noun
Linens and cloths dyed such a shade.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
Borrowed from French nacarat, from Spanish or Portuguese nacarado, ultimately derived from Arabic نَقَّارَة (naqqāra, “small drum”), from نَقَرَ (naqara, “to hollow out”). Related to English nacre, English naqareh and nagada.
