murrey

See also: Murrey

English

Etymology

From Middle English murrey, murreye, from Middle French moré, morée, from Latin moratum, morata, from neuter and feminine respectively of moratus (“mulberry-colored”), from morum (“mulberry”) + -atus (“-ate”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmʌɹi/
Homophones: Moray, Murray
Rhymes: -ʌɹi

Noun

murrey (countable and uncountable, plural murreys)

The mulberry fruit.
(heraldry) A tincture, the colour of mulberries, between gules (red) and purpure (purple).
murrey:

Translations

mulberry — see mulberry

red colour

Catalan: morat (ca)
Dutch: murrey
Finnish: murrey
Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} дудинка (dudinka)
Portuguese: morado (pt) m
Spanish: morado (es)
Swedish: mullbär (sv), mullbärsfärg c

Adjective

murrey (not comparable)

Of a mulberry colour.
- 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, Olympia Press:
  This coat continued to button, up the front, with nine buttons, various now in shape, and colour, but without exception of such exceptional size as to remain, once buttoned, buttoned. Aloft in the flowerhole brooded the remains of a factitious murrey chrysanthemum.

Translations

having a murrey colour

Bulgarian: черничев (černičev)
German: dunkelrotbraun
Italian: morato
Swedish: mullbärsfärgad

Anagrams

Rumery

Middle English

Alternative forms

murreye, murre, morre, morrey, murray, morry, murry, murreiȝ

Etymology

From Middle French moré, from Latin moratum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmurɛi̯/, /ˈmureː/

Noun

murrey (uncountable)

purple-red, magenta (colour)
magenta fabric
A dish containing mulberries for flavour

Descendants

English: murrey

References

“murrei, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
“murrei, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Adjective

murrey

purple-red, magenta

Descendants

English: murrey

References

“murrei, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.