maroon
    adj 1: of dark brownish to purplish red [syn: maroon,
           brownish-red]
    n 1: a person who is stranded (as on an island); "when the tide
         came in I was a maroon out there"
    2: a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color
    3: an exploding firework used as a warning signal
    v 1: leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the
         travellers were marooned" [syn: maroon, strand]
    2: leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The
       mutinous sailors were marooned on an island"

Maroon \Ma*roon"\ (m[.a]*r[=oo]n"), a. [F. marron
   chestnut-colored, fr. marron a large French chestnut, It.
   marrone; cf. LGr. ma`raon. Cf. Marron.]
   Having the color called maroon. See 4th Maroon.
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   Maroon lake, lake prepared from madder, and distinguished
      for its transparency and the depth and durability of its
      color.
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Maroon \Ma*roon"\, n.
   1. A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a
      scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple.
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   2. An explosive shell. See Marron, 3.
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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.
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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.
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   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.
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Marron \Mar*ron"\, n. [See Maroon, a.]
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   1. A large chestnut. [Obs.] --Holland.
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   2. A chestnut color; maroon.
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   3. (Pyrotechny & Mil.) A paper or pasteboard box or shell,
      wound about with strong twine, filled with an explosive,
      and ignited with a fuse, -- used to make a noise like a
      cannon. [Written also maroon.]
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colorful \colorful\ adj.
   1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.

   Note: [Narrower terms: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
         shot; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing;
         prismatic; psychedelic; red, ruddy, flushed,
         empurpled]

   Syn: colourful.
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   2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless
      or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious;
      flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; flashy, gaudy,
      jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty; picturesque]
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   3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
      as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and
      monochrome.

   Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; amber,
         brownish-yellow, yellow-brown; amethyst; auburn,
         reddish-brown; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;
         azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; bicolor,
         bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome; blue,
         bluish, light-blue, dark-blue; blushful,
         blush-colored, rosy; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy;
         brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; canary,
         canary-yellow; caramel, caramel brown; carnation;
         chartreuse; chestnut; dun; earth-colored,
         earthlike; fuscous; green, greenish, light-green,
         dark-green; jade, jade-green; khaki; lavender,
         lilac; mauve; moss green, mosstone; motley,
         multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
         painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
         varicolored, varicoloured; mousy, mouse-colored;
         ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive;
         orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish;
         purple, violet, purplish; red, blood-red, carmine,
         cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
         scarlet; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red;
         rust, rusty, rust-colored; snuff, snuff-brown,
         snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
         snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown; sorrel,
         brownish-orange; stone, stone-gray; straw-color,
         straw-colored, straw-coloured; tan; tangerine;
         tawny; ultramarine; umber; vermilion,
         vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red; yellow, yellowish;
         yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; blae
         bluish-black or gray-blue); coral; creamy; cress
         green, cresson, watercress; hazel; honey,
         honey-colored; hued(postnominal); magenta;
         maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
         sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark,
         light.]

   Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
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