plural purples
: a color that is between red and blue
purpler; purplest
1
: of the color purple
purple grapes/tulips
2
disapproving
: using many fancy words
The book contains a few purple passages.
Her writing was full of purple prose.
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“Purple.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/purple. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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