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guède

/ɡɛd/

noun, feminine/ɡɛd/plural: guèdes

guède is feminine in French.

dyer's woad (plant Isatis tinctoria)

Inherited from Middle French guede, from Old French guesde, gaide, waisde, waide (“woad, dye made from woad extract”), borrowed from either Gothic: *𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌳𐍃 (*waisds) or Proto-West Germanic *waiʀd, both from Proto-Germanic *waizdaz.

adjective/ɡɛd/

of a colour resembling the bluish tint extracted from woad; pastel blue

Inherited from Middle French guede, from Old French guesde, gaide, waisde, waide (“woad, dye made from woad extract”), borrowed from either Gothic: *𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌳𐍃 (*waisds) or Proto-West Germanic *waiʀd, both from Proto-Germanic *waizdaz.