burgundy
See also: Burgundy
English
editEtymology
edit1881, from attributive use of Burgundy (“wine from Burgundy”) from Burgundy wine, from Burgundy (“region of France”) + wine.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editburgundy (countable and uncountable, plural burgundies)
- Alternative letter-case form of Burgundy (red wine).
- A dark red colour tinged with purple, like that of Burgundy (red) wine.
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Adjective
editburgundy (comparative more burgundy, superlative most burgundy)
- Of a deep purple red color like that of Burgundy wine.
- 1981, “Texas Monthly”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 9, number 1, page 96:
- She and her beige-chemised assistant entered the salonlike fourth-floor showroom and were ushered into a smaller private room with burgundy carpeting that matched Rubylee's J. Tiktiner print dress.
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edit- blood red
- brick red
- burgundy
- cardinal
- carmine
- carnation
- cerise
- cherry
- cherry red
- Chinese red
- cinnabar
- claret
- crimson
- damask
- fire brick
- fire engine red
- flame
- flamingo
- fuchsia
- garnet
- geranium
- gules
- hot pink
- incarnadine
- Indian red
- magenta
- maroon
- misty rose
- nacarat
- oxblood
- pillar-box red
- pink
- Pompeian red
- poppy
- raspberry
- red violet
- rose
- rouge
- ruby
- ruddy
- salmon
- sanguine
- scarlet
- shocking pink
- stammel
- strawberry
- Turkey red
- Venetian red
- vermilion
- vinaceous
- vinous
- violet red
- wine
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