different between murry vs murrey

English

Noun

murry (plural murries)

1. moray eel

English

Etymology

From Middle English murrey, murreye, from Middle French moré, morée, from Latin moratum, morata, from neuter and feminine respectively of moratus (“mulberry-colored”), from morum (“mulberry”) + -atus (“-ate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??i/
• Homophones: Moray, Murray
• Rhymes: -??i

Noun

murrey (countable and uncountable, plural murreys)

1. The mulberry fruit.
2. (heraldry) A tincture, the colour of mulberries, between gules (red) and purpure (purple).

Translations

Adjective

murrey (not comparable)

1. Of a mulberry colour.

Translations

Anagrams

• Rumery

Middle English

Alternative forms

• murreye, murre, morre, morrey, murray, morry, murry, murrei?

Etymology

From Middle French moré, from Latin moratum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mur?i?/, /?mure?/

Noun

murrey (uncountable)

1. purple-red, magenta (colour)
2. magenta fabric
3. A dish containing mulberries for flavour

Descendants

• English: murrey

References

• “murrei, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
• “murrei, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Adjective

murrey

1. purple-red, magenta

Descendants

• English: murrey

References

• “murrei, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

See also