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mauve
Definitions
a colour like purpleA grayish-violet color. (Like many colors, what's "mauve" is a value judgment, but gray is in almost all examples. Attractive, but essentially wishy-washy/understated/non-committal.
Usage: The earliest years of the 20th century are sometimes called "The Mauve Decade" - the calm before WWI's storm.
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