Definitions for Fauve

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Fauve Fauve

Spelling: [fohv]

IPA: /foʊv/

Fauve is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 32 anagrams from letters in Fauve (aefuv).

Definitions for Fauve

noun

1. (sometimes lowercase) any of a group of French artists of the early 20th century whose works are characterized chiefly by the use of vivid colors in immediate juxtaposition and contours usually in marked contrast to the color of the area defined.

Origin of Fauve

1910-15; French: wild beast, noun use of fauve wild, literally, tawny Germanic; see fallow²

Examples for Fauve

Fauve is always used of what is dark and gloomy, just as vermeil is always applied to what is bright and pleasant.