Definition of Fauve

1. Noun. A member of a group of French painters who followed fauvism.

Exact synonyms: Fauvist
Generic synonyms: Painter
Derivative terms: Fauvism

Definition of Fauve

1. a fauvist [n -S] - See also: fauvist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fauve

Fatimides
Fatimids
Fatimite
Fatimites
Fats Domino
Fats Waller
Faulkner
Faulknerian
Fauntleroy
Faunus
Faust
Faustian
Fausto Paolo Sozzini
Faustus
Faustus Socinus
Fauve (current term)
Favism
Favre's dystrophy
Favre-Racouchet's disease
Favre-Racouchot syndrome
Fawcett
Fawkes
Faxe
Faxon
Fay
Faye
Fayette
Fayetteville
Fayyumic

Literary usage of Fauve

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Experimental Researches Concerning the Philosophy of Permanent Colours: And by Edward Bancroft (1814)
"Of Vegetables affording adjective Brawn, and other mixed colouring Matters; including the Fawn, or Fauve Colour of the French. ..."

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