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Purple
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Meaning
Noun
●
A
color
that is a
dark
blend
of
red
and
blue
;
dark
magenta.
●
Any non-spectral
colour
on the
line of purples
on a
colour
chromaticity
diagram
or a
colour wheel
between
violet
and red.
●
Cloth, or a
garment
,
dyed
a
purple
colour
; especially, a
purple
robe
,
worn
as an
emblem
of
rank
or
authority
;
specifically
, the
purple
robe
or
mantle
worn
by Ancient Roman
emperors
as the
emblem
of
imperial
dignity.
●
Imperial power, because the
colour
purple
was
worn
by
emperors
and kings.
●
In Neogastropods:
Any of various
species
of
mollusks
from which Tyrian
purple
dye
was
obtained
, especially the common
dog
whelk.
●
The
purple haze
cultivar
of
cannabis
in the
kush
family, either
pure
or
mixed
with others, or
by extension
any
variety
of
smoked
marijuana.
●
In Medicine:
Purpura.
●
In Purples:
Earcockle, a
disease
of wheat.
●
In Limenitidine butterflies:
Any of the
species
of large
butterflies
, usually
marked
with
purple
or
blue
, of the
genus
Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis).
●
A cardinalate.
●
In American English:
Ellipsis of
purple
drank.
●
In British English:
Synonym of
snakebite
and black.
Adj
●
Having a colour/color that is a
dark
blend
of
red
and blue.
●
In US politics:
Not
predominantly
red
or
blue
, but having a
mixture
of Democrat and Republican support.
●
Mixed between
social democrats
and liberals.
●
Imperial; regal.
●
Blood-red; bloody.
●
Extravagantly
ornate
, like
purple
prose.
●
In Motor racing:
Completed in the
fastest
time
so far
in a given session.
Verb
●
To
turn
purple
in colour.
●
To
dye
purple.
●
To
clothe
in purple.
Name
●
A
surname
from Middle English.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
purple
English
purpel
Middle English (1100-1500)
purple
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Antonyms
Nonpurple
Related
Magenta
Violet
Teal
Pink
Red
Orange
Yellow
Crimson
Lilac
Blue
Grey
White
Fuchsia
Color
Black
Pinkish
Colour
Green
Burgundy
Pale
Dark
Yellowish
Reddish
Brown
Shade
Hue
Shades
Brownish
Blueish
Colored
Turquoise
Gray
Colors
Translucent
Colours
Colourless
Dye
Mauve
Dark Blue
Light Blue
Bright Green
Lime Green
Hot Pink
Blood Red
Dark Red
More
Rhymes
Curple
Purple
Hirple
Bepurple
Purple Nurple
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