Q: "Mauve" adj. fig.?

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Mon Jun 19 13:11:04 UTC 2006


Can someone with on-line access to OED3 tell me what it has for
"mauve" adj. in a figurative sense in the 19th c.,?  Whether related
to the "mauve decade" or otherwise.

Thanks,
Joel

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