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purple

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Main Entry:
1pur·ple 
          Listen to the pronunciation of 1purple
Pronunciation:
\ˈpər-pəl\
Function:
adjective
Inflected Form(s):
pur·pler 
          Listen to the pronunciation of purpler \-p(ə-)lər\ ; pur·plest 
          Listen to the pronunciation of purplest \-p(ə-)ləst\
Etymology:
Middle English purpel, alteration of purper, from Old English purpuran of purple, genitive of purpure purple color, from Latin purpura, from Greek porphyra
Date:
before 12th century
1: regal , imperial2: of the color purple3 a: highly rhetorical : ornate b: marked by profanity


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