Citations:mauve

Noun

 * 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray:
 * Never trust a woman who wears mauve, whatever her age may be, or a woman over thirty-five who is fond of pink ribbons.
 * 1914, Saki (H. H. Munro), The Dreamer:
 * “We haven’t any mauve,” said the assistant, “but we’ve two shades of green and a darker shade of grey.”
 * 1922, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Horror of the Heights:
 * The whole aspect of this monster was formidable and threatening, and it kept changing its colour from a very light mauve to a dark, angry purple so thick that it cast a shadow as it drifted between my monoplane and the sun.

Adjective

 * 1919, Stephen Leacock, The Errors of Santa Claus:
 * "Oh, how perfectly lovely!" exclaimed Mrs. Brown. "I think the mauve one would suit the doll best, don't you, with such golden hair?"
 * 1986, Bruce Robinson, Withnail and I:
 * "Sherry? Oh no, no, no, no. I'll fall straight into his trap. He's so mauve we don't know what he'll do next."