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violet-coloured, a.
[violet n.1 or a.]
Having the blue or bluish-purple colour of a violet.
1552in Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm., Var. Coll. IV. 221 The xlviij and other onneste men in violet collord gownes. 1653H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. lxxii. 253 Six or seven pieces of Violet coloured Damask. 1671Woodhead St. Teresa ii. 276 A longer Coffin in fashion of a Tomb was provided, which they covered with violet-coloured Silk. 1721Mortimer Husb. (ed. 5) II. 244 The Violet coloured Tulip striped with White. 1753Chambers' Cycl. Suppl. s.v. Star⁓wort, The broad-leaved paniculated aster with deep violet⁓coloured flowers. 1800Herschel in Phil. Trans. XC. 516 A violet-coloured glass..stops 955 rays of light. 1857Miller Elem. Chem., Org. vii. §i. 447 The liquid..deposits beautiful violet-coloured prismatic crystals. 1886Froude Oceana ii. 27 Looking round us and down into nothing but the violet-coloured ocean. |