madder
pronunciation
How to pronounce madder in British English:
UK ['mædə]
How to pronounce madder in American English:
US ['mædə]
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- Noun:
- Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin
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- Verb:
- color a moderate to strong red
Word Origin
- madder (n.)
- type of plant (in modern use Rubia tinctorum) used for making dyes, Old English mædere, from PIE *modhro- "dye plant" (cognates: Old Norse maðra, Old High German matara "madder," Polish modry, Czech modry "blue").
Example
- 1. I was getting madder at the second .
- 2. But that got him even madder .
- 3. Be fond of wanting to bite she tasting - the suzuki madder .
- 4. I could see him getting madder .
- 5. Hallucinations made the mad even madder .