sol·fe·ri·no (s l f -r  n)n. A moderate purplish red. [After Solferino, a village of northern Italy, from the discovery of a dye of this color in the same year that a battle was fought there (1859).] |
solferino [ˌsɒlfəˈriːnəʊ]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours)
a. a moderate purplish-red colour
b. (as adjective) a solferino suit
[from a dye discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferino, a town in Italy]
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| Noun | 1. | solferino - a pink dye that was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferino pink - a light shade of red |
| 2. | Solferino - an indecisive battle in 1859 between the French and Sardinians under Napoleon III and the Austrians under Francis Joseph I Italia, Italian Republic, Italy - a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD |
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