I have to make vocabulary exercises out of a literary fragment and I'm wondering about this... In the sentence:

"Out in the country it was not uncommon to discover that she had slipped away, alone, out to the lake, maybe, or down to the cellar, where once I found her sitting in the big marooned sleigh, reading, her fur coat thrown over her knees."

Does 'marooned' mean 'dark reddish-purple' or 'abandoned'?

English is a difficult language

marooned is abandoned
maroon is a dark reddish-purple

Raine said:

Yes, that's what the dictionary tells me.

But the colour-reference seems a bit more logical to me...

This colour can in no way be referred to by using maroonED?

my dictionary says not

MarieLouise said:

Looking at the entire sentence abandoned seems to make more sense if you take in consideration what the mood they're trying to set is (lonely, empty, cold etc etc).

achterlaten, rondhangen, iemand die is achtergelaten, bosneger, ontsnapte zwarte slaaf, afstammeling van ontsnapte slaaf, vuurwerk, donkerrood.

2the9s said:

You have a Dutch dictionary at your place?

2the9s said:

MarieLouise said:

Or did I simply never realize you were Dutch?

btw I have to make exercises within the English language itself, so I can not refer to Dutch dictionaries...

It's from 'The secret history', for those who are wondering...

Is anyone willing to construct a new sentence with 'marooned'?

MarieLouise said:

There have been many movies, and some TV shows, about people marooned
on either desert islands or in space. (sorry, Googled, but I'm lazy like that )

analbolique said:

MarieLouise said:

For almost two full months, I was marooned in nowhere-land while various people tried to get their shit together.

don't you mean mooned?

Alcop0p said:

Did you read the thread title?

2the9s said:

were you born with that face or did someone just hit you really hard?