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Purple

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Noun

1. purple, purpleness

a purple color or pigment

2. purple

of imperial status

Example Sentences:
'he was born to the purple'

Verb

3. purple

become purple

4. empurple, purple, purpurate

color purple

Adjective

5. purple, purplish, violet

of a color intermediate between red and blue

6. empurpled, over-embellished, purple

excessively elaborate or showily expressed

Example Sentences:
'a writer of empurpled literature'
'many purple passages'
'an over-embellished story of the fish that got away'

7. imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royal

belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler

Example Sentences:
'golden age of imperial splendor'
'purple tyrant'
'regal attire'
'treated with royal acclaim'
'the royal carriage of a stag's head'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Purple

see synonyms of purple
noun
1. 
any of various colours with a hue lying between red and blue and often highly saturated; a nonspectral colour
2. 
a dye or pigment producing such a colour
3. 
cloth of this colour, often used to symbolize royalty or nobility
4.  the purple
5. 
a. 
the official robe of a cardinal
b. 
the rank, office, or authority of a cardinal as signified by this
6.  the purple
adjective
7. 
of the colour purple
8. 
(of writing) excessively elaborate or full of imagery
purple prose
9. 
noble or royal

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Purple

see synonyms of purple
noun
1. 
a dark color that is a blend of red and blue
2.  Rare
a. 
deep crimson
b. 
cloth or clothing of such color: an emblem of royalty or high rank
adjective
3. 
of the color purple
4. 
imperial; royal
5. 
a. 
ornate or elaborate in literary style
usually used pejoratively
purple prose
b. 
profane or obscene
purple language
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈpurpled or ˈpurpling
6. 
to make or become purple

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Purple

see synonyms of purple
n.
1. Any of a group of colors with a hue between that of violet and red.
2. Cloth of a color between violet and red, formerly worn as a symbol of royalty or high office.
3. Imperial power; high rank: born to the purple.
4. Roman Catholic Church
a. The rank or office of a cardinal.
b. The rank or office of a bishop.
adj.
1. Of the color purple.
2. Royal or imperial; regal.
3. Elaborate and ornate: purple prose.
tr. & intr.v. pur·pled, pur·pling, pur·ples
To make or become purple.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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