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maroon
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"very dark reddish-brown color," 1791, from French couleur marron , the color of a marron "chestnut," the large sweet chestnut of southern Europe ( maroon in that sense was used in English from 1590s), from dialect of Lyons, ultimately from a word in a ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples. n. 1 An escaped negro slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves. 2 A castaway; a person who has been marooned. v To abandon in a remote, desolate place, ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Maroon was a German metalcore band based in Nordhausen . They were formed in 1998.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
colorful \colorful\ adj. having striking color. Opposite of colorless . Note: [Narrower terms: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot ; deep, rich ; flaming ; fluorescent, glowing ; prismatic ; psychedelic ; red, ruddy, flushed, empurpled ] Syn: colourful. ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Meticulously painted in blood maroon and bruise brown, the body parts form an impenetrable jungle trapping various objects in their interior. II. verb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A very light northerly wind wafted us round the ...
Usage examples of maroon.
A rusting maroon pickup, loaded with boxes, bundles, and assorted junk, stood behind, preventing the Jeep from backing up.
Soon Katharine and Margery, perched on their chairs, would be marooned on islands.
The duchess wore a dark maroon undergown and a sheer black silk overgown, her jewelry equally modest.
He managed to get the whole soggy mess into the pulper without dribbling more than a few drops on his paper strewn desk or on his maroon jacket.
Vanadin, square-jawed John Emmet of the Federal Bureau of Loyalty, several TV and handie stars, Sacheverell, about eight versions of Mary herself, Jack Jones in black tights, Juno in maroon ones, Dr.
Cerryl turned and studied the largest bedchamber from the small upper hall landing-four-poster bed, with solid dark wood posts at each corner, a silk-covered chair in one corner, two matching wardrobes with a full-length wall mirror between them, two windows, each shuttered and framed with maroon silks, and a door to a bathing chamber.
Two or three male guards in maroon uniforms stood among the women gesturing them forward.
Half of them stood somewhat apart from a dozen in maroon, backed up against the side of a cubicle, truncheons held threateningly aloft.
Skye terrier, her suppositious wealth, her lapses of responsiveness and incipient catarrhal deafness: the younger, her lamp of colza oil before the statue of the Immaculate Conception, her green and maroon brushes for Charles Stewart Parnell and for Michael Davitt, her tissue papers.
She therefore did not object to the unrequested ascension, until a second massive tentacle folded itself gently but firmly around her midsection, collapsing her speaking tube against the slick maroon flesh of her torso.
Faced with the prospect of being marooned for weeks while repairs were made, Adams inquired about proceeding overland.
Keeper 347 has been marooned on a desert island in the middle of Battersea Park while rescuing a dog.
As Clio moved forward, she saw that the committee sat at a lone table anchoring down a maroon Persian carpet of faded splendor.
The dark maroon carpet complemented the walnut wainscot and the stark white walls.
Juan Cordova was tall, I noted, as he sat down, retying the sash of the maroon silk robe which hung loosely upon his spare frame.