Pronounced: BRAB-uhl, verb
Notes: I don’t know this word either
Yesterday’s word
The word fauve means
- of or relating to painters practicing Fauvism
- vivid in color
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1910s
Background / Comments
Our word is related to painting and painters, about which I have a pretty limited knowledge. There is a movement called “Fauvism”, which started in the early 1900s. The group used vivid coloring, and our word came to mean anything vivid in color. Our word comes from the French word fauve (wild beast).
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