Purple
['pɜːp(ə)l] or ['pɝpl]
Definition
(noun.) a purple color or pigment.
(noun.) of imperial status; 'he was born to the purple'.
(verb.) color purple.
(verb.) become purple.
(adj.) of a color intermediate between red and blue .
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Definition
(n.) A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue.
(n.) Cloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity; as, to put on the imperial purple.
(n.) Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth.
(n.) A cardinalate. See Cardinal.
(n.) Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis) as, the banded purple (B. arthemis). See Illust. under Ursula.
(n.) Any shell of the genus Purpura.
(n.) See Purpura.
(n.) A disease of wheat. Same as Earcockle.
(a.) Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue color; as, a purple robe.
(a.) Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority.
(a.) Blood-red; bloody.
(v. t.) To make purple; to dye of purple or deep red color; as, hands purpled with blood.
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Definition
n. a very dark-red colour formed by the mixture of blue and red: a purple dress or robe originally worn only by royalty: a robe of honour: the dignity of a king or emperor: a cardinalate so called from the red hat and robes worn by cardinals.—adj. red tinged with blue: blood-red: bloody.—v.t. to dye purple: to clothe with purple.—v.i. to become purple in colour.—n. Pur′ple-fish a shellfish of genus Purpura.—adjs. Pur′ple-frost′y (Tenn.) purple with frost or cold; Pur′ple-hued (Shak.) having a purple hue.—n.pl. Pur′ples petechi?or spots of livid red on the body: a disease of wheat: an early purple-flowered orchid.—adj. Pur′ple-spiked having purple spikes.—ns. Pur′ple-wood -heart the heartwood of Copaifera pubiflora used for ramrods.—adj. Pur′plish somewhat purple.—Purple emperor one of the largest of British butterflies and one of the most richly coloured.—Born in the purple of princely rank or birth; Tyrian purple a fine purple dye for which the people of ancient Tyre were celebrated.
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Examples
- Well, Mr. Sawyer,' said Mrs. Raddle, planting herself firmly on a purple cauliflower in the Kidderminster carpet, 'and what's that to me, Sir? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Look at him, the old man would say, nudging his neighbour with a delighted purple face, did you ever see such a chap? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Janey fell upon his neck and pressed him to her purple flannel breast. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Mrs. Manson laid a purple finger on her lips. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Now compress the artery leading from the organ, and the part between the heart and the point of pressur e, and the heart itself, become distended and take on a deep purple color. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- There were black, deep blue, lighter blue, green, purple, red, yellow, white, and other colours or shades of colours. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Mrs. Fairfax was dusting some vases of fine purple spar, which stood on a sideboard. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- You know the way in which dyers first prepare the white ground and then lay on the dye of purple or of any other colour. Plato. The Republic.
- His face was purple and his eyes dim, as he put her down and left her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But, when the ground has not been duly prepared, you will have noticed how poor is the look either of purple or of any other colour. Plato. The Republic.
- After giving a great heave, and with a purple choking face, he then began. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Having corrected the irregularity, she seated herself on one of the glossy purple arm-chairs; Mrs. Peniston always sat on a chair, never in it. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It must have had a flora green in the wet season and brown and purple in the dry. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Rawdon himself trembled, and his face grew purple behind his dyed mustachios. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- When I think of this _deggerredation_, I feel that I can bear even my flat nose and purple gown with yellow sky-rockets on it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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