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 Definitions of fauve  [ʊv]  

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Definition of 'fauve' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) Fauve
(sometimes l.c.) 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 usu. in marked contrast to the color of the area defined.

Etymology:  (1910–15; < F: wild beast, n. use of fauve wild, lit., tawny < Gmc)

Definition of 'fauve' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) Fauve, fauvist
a member of a group of French painters who followed fauvism

'fauve' - Nearby Entries  

faustus  faustus socinus  fauteuil  fauve  fauvism  fauvist  faux  



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