Violet
['vaɪələt]
Definition
(noun.) a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum.
(noun.) any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers.
Edited by Daniel--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Any plant or flower of the genus Viola, of many species. The violets are generally low, herbaceous plants, and the flowers of many of the species are blue, while others are white or yellow, or of several colors, as the pansy (Viola tricolor).
(n.) The color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum farthest from red. It is the most refrangible part of the spectrum.
(n.) In art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue in equal proportions; a bluish purple color.
(n.) Any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lycaena, or Rusticus, and allied genera.
(n.) Dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color produced by red and blue combined.
Typist: Shelby
Definition
n. any plant of genus Viola of many species with a flower generally of some shade of blue but also white and yellow and most often fragrant: the colour of the violet a bluish or light purple.—adj. of the colour of the violet bluish or light purple.—adjs. Violā′ceous of a violet colour purple; Violes′cent tending to a violet colour.
Checker: Wade
Unserious Contents or Definition
To see violets in your dreams, or gather them, brings joyous occasions in which you will find favor with some superior person. For a young woman to gather them, denotes that she will soon meet her future husband. To see them dry, or withered, denotes that her love will be scorned and thrown aside.
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Examples
- He had a broad straw hat on, with a violet-coloured ribbon round it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The violet silk would be so nice. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The sun is a dizzying scarlet blaze, the sky a violet vortex whirling over me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- You observed that her right glove was torn at the forefinger, but you did not apparently see that both glove and finger were stained with violet ink. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Miss Sedley was not of the sunflower sort; and I say it is out of the rules of all proportion to draw a violet of the size of a double dahlia. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- A child wearing a green frock on Independence Day seems at night to be wearing a black frock, if standing near powders burning with red, blue, or violet light. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- That was only a month to wait, and here was a lovely violet silk going at a bargain, and she had the money, if she only dared to take it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- A loud-speaking telephone with quartz cylinder and beam of ultra-violet light. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Yellow or green are more efficacious; but blue and violet light produce the most decided and powerful effects. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Three devices for utilizing vibrations beyond the ultra violet. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Dissolve the methyl-violet in the water and add the glycerine. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- When black hektograph ink is desired, instead of the methyl-violet use double the amount of negrosine. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Miss Violet's tastes were, on the contrary, more rude and boisterous than those of her sister. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She looked at the sky overhead, and saw that the sapphirine hue of the zenith in spring and early summer had been replaced by a metallic violet. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The white light of the sun is composed of the seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Allow me to offer you these violets, presenting a small bouquet between his delicate finger and thumb. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I was resting at my favourite point after a long ramble, and Charley was gathering violets at a little distance from me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Behind the musicians came lads garlanded with wreaths of intermingled violets and ivy, bearing thyrsi. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The lattice of this room was open; the outer air breathing through, gave freshnessthe sweet violets lent fragrance. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- These colors were bright, and were generally yellows, blues, and grays, although sometimes he used greens, violets, and browns. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Roses for love, myrtle for joy, violets for modesty. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I dried the violets, kept them, and have them still. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The little children of the third division gave each her knot of violets, lisped each her congratulation:--you--nothing. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Miss Keeldar resumed her square of silk canvas, and continued the creation of a wreath of Parmese violets. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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