† purpureanadj.

Forms: 1600s pureayn (Scottish, transmission error), 1600s–1800s purpurean.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin purpureus , -an suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin purpureus (see purpureous adj.) + -an suffix. Compare purpureous adj., purpureal adj. N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (pɒɹpiū^ə·riăn) /pɜːˈpjʊəriːən/.

Obsolete.

Purple in colour; = purpureal adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [adjective]

purpurine1300

purpurec1400

purple1415

purpurate?c1422

purple-coloured1567

porphyrite1601

purpie1651

purpurean1656

blattean1658

purpureal1708

porphyrous1798

Babylonian1846

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Purpurean, of purple, fair like purple, blewish.

1661 S. Pordage Mundorum Explicatio ii. 226 No Carbuncle..ever gave such Light, As that Purpurean Garment he had on.

1797 T. Park Sonnets 107 The glowing cheek of modest Eve With blush purpurean melts to sober gray.

1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Metamorphoses 170 She twines the white and the purpurean [L. purpureas] threads.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	purpurean
释义	† purpureanadj. Forms: 1600s pureayn (Scottish, transmission error), 1600s–1800s purpurean. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin purpureus , -an suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin purpureus (see purpureous adj.) + -an suffix. Compare purpureous adj., purpureal adj. N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (pɒɹpiū^ə·riăn) /pɜːˈpjʊəriːən/. Obsolete. Purple in colour; = purpureal adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [adjective] purpurine1300 purpurec1400 purple1415 purpurate?c1422 purple-coloured1567 porphyrite1601 purpie1651 purpurean1656 blattean1658 purpureal1708 porphyrous1798 Babylonian1846 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Purpurean, of purple, fair like purple, blewish. 1661 S. Pordage Mundorum Explicatio ii. 226 No Carbuncle..ever gave such Light, As that Purpurean Garment he had on. 1797 T. Park Sonnets 107 The glowing cheek of modest Eve With blush purpurean melts to sober gray. 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Metamorphoses 170 She twines the white and the purpurean [L. purpureas] threads. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1656
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