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purple

UK /ˈpɜː.pl̩/US /ˈpɝ.pl̩/

adjective7

  1. of the color made by mixing red and blue
  2. (US) Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support.
  3. Mixed between social democrats and liberals.
  4. Of language, extravagantly ornate, like purple prose.
  5. Of a sector, lap, etc., completed in the fastest time so far in a given session.
  6. Imperial; regal.
  7. Blood-red; bloody.

noun15

  1. A colour between red and blue; violet, though often closer to magenta.
  2. Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red.
  3. A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of purple pigment.
  4. Something, or a part of a thing, which is purple.
  5. 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.
  6. Imperial power.
  7. A cardinalate.
  8. A purple dye or pigment.
  9. The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana.
  10. Any of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis).
  11. Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk.
  12. (US, slang) Ellipsis of purple drank.
  13. Purpura.
  14. Earcockle, a disease of wheat.
  15. (UK, slang) Synonym of snakebite and black.

verb3

  1. To turn purple in colour.
  2. To dye purple.
  3. To clothe in purple.
forms

purpled · purpling · purples · more purple · purpler · most purple · purplest

Phrases with purple

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