woad

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, usually) The plant Isatis tinctoria.
2. (countable, uncountable, usually) The blue vat dye made from the leaves of the plant through partial drying and fermentation.

Verb

1. To plant or cultivate woad.
2. To dye with woad.

Synonyms

ceruse

civet

collyrium

henna

rouge

gold-leaf

Isatis

artificial beauty-spot

dyer’s woad

Translations

wede

guado

guède

glast

Färberwaid

Faerberwaid

Waid

ισάτις

μπλε ίσατης

pastel

Isatis

Isatis

Blaufarbstoff

Isatis

pastell

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wəʊd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: wode

Inherited from Old English: wād

Cognate with Old Frisian: wēd

Cognate with Dutch: wede

Cognate with German: Waid

Cognate with French: guède

Cognate with Italian: guado

Cognate with Frankish: -

In summary

From Middle English wode, from Old English wād (“woad”), from Proto-West Germanic *waiʀd, from Proto-Germanic *waizdaz (“woad”), from Proto-Indo-European *woydʰ-. Cognate with Old Frisian wēd (“woad”), Dutch wede (“woad”), German Waid (“woad”), and with French guède, Italian guado (“woad”) (both borrowed from Frankish). See also weed.