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maroon



ma·roon [maroon maroons marooned marooning] adjective, noun, verb BrE [məˈruːn] NAmE [məˈruːn]
adjective
dark brownish-red in colour

Word Origin:
adj. and n. late 17th cent. ‘chestnut’ French marron ‘chestnut’ Italian medieval Greek maraon v. early 18th cent. marooned ‘lost in the wilds’
 
noun
1. uncountable a dark brownish-red colour
2. countable a large ↑firework that shoots into the air and makes a loud noise, used to attract attention, especially at sea

Word Origin:
adj. and n. late 17th cent. ‘chestnut’ French marron ‘chestnut’ Italian medieval Greek maraon v. early 18th cent. marooned ‘lost in the wilds’
 
verb usually passive ~ sb
to leave sb in a place that they cannot escape from, for example an island
Syn: strand
‘Lord of the Flies’ is a novel about English schoolboys marooned on a desert island.
The car was marooned by floods.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
adj. and n. late 17th cent. ‘chestnut’ French marron ‘chestnut’ Italian medieval Greek maraon v. early 18th cent. marooned ‘lost in the wilds’
 

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