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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