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[muh-roon] 
–adjective
| 1. | dark brownish-red. |
| 2. | Chiefly British.
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Origin:
1585–95; < F marron lit., chestnut, MF < Upper It (Tuscan marrone), perh. ult. deriv. of pre-L *marr- stone
1585–95; < F marron lit., chestnut, MF < Upper It (Tuscan marrone), perh. ult. deriv. of pre-L *marr- stone
ma⋅roon
2 [muh-roon] –verb (used with object)
| 1. | to put ashore and abandon on a desolate island or coast by way of punishment or the like, as was done by buccaneers. |
| 2. | to place in an isolated and often dangerous position: The rising floodwaters marooned us on top of the house. |
| 3. | to abandon and leave without aid or resources: Having lost all his money, he was marooned in the strange city. |
–noun
| 4. | (often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, esp. in mountainous areas. |
| 5. | a person who is marooned: Robinson Crusoe lived for years as a maroon. |
Origin:
1660–70; < F mar(r)on, appar. < AmerSp cimarrón wild (see cimarron ); first used in reference to domestic animals that escaped into the woods, later to fugitive slaves
1660–70; < F mar(r)on, appar. < AmerSp cimarrón wild (see cimarron ); first used in reference to domestic animals that escaped into the woods, later to fugitive slaves
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| ma·roon 1 (mə-rōōn') tr.v. ma·rooned, ma·roon·ing, ma·roons
[From French marron, fugitive slave, from American Spanish cimarrón, wild, runaway, perhaps from cima, summit (from runaways' fleeing to the mountains), from Latin cȳma, sprout; see cyma.] |
| ma·roon 2 (mə-rōōn') n. A dark reddish brown to dark purplish red. [French marron, chestnut, from Italian marrone.] |
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Maroon
Ma*roon"\, n. [Written also marroon.] [F. marron, abbrev. fr. Sp. cimarron wild, unruly, from cima the summit of a mountain; hence, negro cimarron a runaway negro that lives in the mountains.] In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains.Maroon
Ma*roon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marooned; p. pr. & vb. n. Marooning.] [See Maroon a fugitive slave.] To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate. Marooning party, a social excursion party that sojourns several days on the shore or in some retired place; a prolonged picnic. [Southern U. S.] --Bartlett.Maroon
Ma*roon"\, a. [F. marron chestnut-colored, fr. marron a large French chestnut, It. marrone; cf. LGr. ?. Cf. Marron.] Having the color called maroon. See 4th Maroon. Maroon lake, lake prepared from madder, and distinguished for its transparency and the depth and durability of its color.Maroon
Ma*roon"\, n. 1. A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple. 2. An explosive shell. See Marron, 3.
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Language Translation for : maroon
Spanish:
granate,
German:
das Kastanienbraun; kastanienbraun,
Japanese:
くり色 (の)
maroon (n.)
1594, "large sweet chestnut of southern Europe," from Fr. marron "chestnut," from dialect of Lyons, ult. from a word in a pre-Roman language, perhaps Ligurian; or from Gk. maraon "sweet chestnut." Sense of "very dark reddish-brown color" is first recorded 1791, from Fr. couleur marron.
maroon (v.)
"put ashore on a desolate island or coast," 1724 (implied in marooning), from maron (n.) "fugitive black slave in the jungles of W.Indies and Dutch Guyana" (1626), from Fr. marron, said to be a corruption of Sp. cimmaron "wild, untamed," from O.Sp. cimarra "thicket," probably from cima "summit, top" (from L. cyma "sprout"), with a notion of living wild in the mountains.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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