murrey

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)

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

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Adjective

murrey (not comparable)

1. Of a mulberry colour.
   • 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:

     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.

Anagrams

• Rumery

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Middle French moré, from Latin moratum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuræi̯/, /ˈmureː/

Noun

murrey (uncountable)

1. purple-red, magenta (colour)
2. magenta fabric
3. A dish containing mulberries for flavour

Adjective

murrey

1. purple-red, magenta

See also