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purpureal, a. Chiefly poet.|pɜːˈpjʊəriːəl|
[f. L. purpure-us (ad. Gr. πορϕύρεος purple) + -al1.]
Of purple colour; purple.
a1712W. King Art of Love 1043 If by her the purpureal velvet's worn, Think that she rises like the blush of morn. 1814Wordsw. Laodamia 106 Fields invested with purpureal gleams. 1831Moir in Blackw. Mag. XXX. 964 That purpureal dye Which gave the Tyrian loom such old renown. 1879Trench Poems 221 Meadows with purpureal roses bright. |