Dye Definition
Alternative spelling of die.
- Of the most extreme sort.
- of the most marked, esp. the worst, sort
Other Word Forms of Dye
Noun
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Dye
- of the deepest dye
- of (the) deepest dye
Origin of Dye
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From Middle English deie, from Old English dēag (“color, hue, dye”), from Proto-Germanic *daugō (“colour, shade”), from *dauganą, *dug- (“to conceal, be dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *dheuk-, *dhouk- (“to be hidden”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhūw- (“to smoke, raise dust, camouflage”). Cognate with Old High German tougan (“dark, secretive”), tougal (“dark, hidden, covert”), Old English dēagol, dīegle (“dark, hidden, secret”), Old English dohs, dox (“dusky, dark”). See dusk.
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Middle English deie from Old English dēag, dēah
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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