Examples of “madder” in a Sentence

noun A plant whose root produces a deep reddish dye, or the dye itself.

• Her big head has coloured to a dim and dreadful madder. — Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan (1946)
• Medieval weavers used madder to dye wool a deep red.
• Their armour was stained with madder, in such wise that they seemed bathed in blood. — Eric Rücker Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance (1922)

adj Having the deep purplish-red color associated with the madder dye.

• The curtains were a rich madder shade.