nacarat means A shade of bright red-orange. It carries an Arena rating of 1444, earned across 58 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, nacarat ranks #355 of 17,143 for Best Fossil-Poetry Words, #1,928 of 17,140 for Most Whimsical Words, #2,754 of 17,163 for Funniest Words, #2,809 of 17,126 for Most Satisfying to Say.
nacarat is pronounced /ˈnæk.əˌɹæt/.
Why “nacarat” is a great word
NACARAT — [Noun] A bright orange-red color, or cloth dyed this shade. Borrowed from French nacarat, from Spanish or Portuguese nacarado, ultimately from Arabic نَقَّارَة (naqqāra, "small drum"), from نَقَرَ (naqara, "to hollow out"). Unlike vermilion, a pigment from mercury sulfide, or scarlet, a cooler red with a blue undertone, nacarat is fire leaning toward the sun. It is the glow of a persimmon against a white plate, the flash of a copper beech leaf in autumn light, the vivid stripe of a carnival tent against a pale sky—a hue named for a drumbeat, beating a bright retreat into the warmth of vanishing day.
Etymology
Borrowed from French nacarat, from Spanish or Portuguese nacarado, ultimately derived from Arabic نَقَّارَة (naqqāra, “small drum”), from نَقَرَ (naqara, “to hollow out”). Related to English nacre, English naqareh and nagada.
noun
- A shade of bright red-orange.
- Linens and cloths dyed such a shade.
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