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magenta

[ muh-jen-tuh ]

/ məˈdʒɛn tə /

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noun

fuchsin.

a purplish red.

Origin of magenta

after Magenta, because the dye was discovered the year of the battle.

Words nearby magenta

magellan, strait of, magellanic cloud, magellanic clouds, magen david, magendie, magenta, magfilm, maggid, maggie, maggiore, maggot

Definition for magenta (2 of 2)

Magenta

[ muh-jen-tuh ]

/ məˈdʒɛn tə /

noun

a town in N Italy, W of Milan: the French and Sardinians defeated the Austrians here 1859.

Example sentences from the Web for magenta

She looks like your typical granny—gray hair, wrinkles, dentures—and slowly stumbles about her apartment in a magenta tracksuit.

‘My Granny The Escort’: Meet 85-Year-Old Sheila Vogel-Coupe, Britain’s Oldest Prostitute |Marlow Stern |June 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
She introduced the tiny jewel to Western audiences from behind a wash of magenta fringe.

Indian-Inspired Bindis a Hot Trend in Winter Bling |Misty White Sidell |January 4, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Clad in a magenta Marc Jacobs gown and RuPaul hair, Gaga has been anticipating it on Twitter all week.

Lady Gaga Covers Vogue With RuPaul Hair; Kate Bosworth Engaged |The Daily Beast |August 9, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Eventually, this short, louche novel that began with warmth and zest and cheekiness, wanders around aimlessly in magenta caftans.

Gloria Vanderbilt Gets Kinky |Megan Hustad |June 23, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

The campaign of Magenta and Solferino took place ten years later.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 8 |Various
The corolla is lilac or bluish, often with a magenta tube and magenta "eye."

Field Book of Western Wild Flowers |Margaret Armstrong
Ironweed of royal purple, maroon-shot, mingles in illogical harmony with the blue vervain and magenta trumpet-weeds.

Minstrel Weather |Marian Storm
Some of them were present on this occasion with their goggles, their magenta veils, and their brass voices.

Atlantic Classics |Various
In fact they obtained rosolic acid from magenta by the action of nitrous acid on the latter.

Coal |Raphael Meldola

British Dictionary definitions for magenta

magenta

/ (məˈdʒɛntə) /

noun

a deep purplish red that is the complementary colour of green and, with yellow and cyan, forms a set of primary colours
(as adjective)a magenta filter

another name for fuchsin

Word Origin for magenta

C19: named after Magenta, Italy, alluding to the blood shed in a battle there (1859)