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purple

Entries 1 to 10 of 13.

  1. 1purple (adjective)
  2. 2purple (noun)
  3. 3purple (verb)
  4. purple coneflower
  5. purple finch
  6. Purple Heart
  7. purple loosestrife
  8. purple martin
  9. purple passage
  10. purple scale

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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