† purpurigenousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Latin purpura , -genous comb. form.

Etymology: < classical Latin purpura purple dye (see purpure n.) + -genous comb. form, perhaps after French purpurigène (1869 in Littré; 1925 or earlier in specific sense). Compare slightly earlier purpuriparous adj. N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (pɒ̄ɹpiŭri·dʒĭnəs) /pɜːpjʊəˈrɪdʒɪnəs/.

Zoology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

Producing or secreting purple (purple n. 4); spec. designating the hypobranchial gland of some gastropod molluscs (cf. purpuriparous adj.).

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Purpurigenous gland, a gland, especially developed in the gastropods of the family Muricidæ, secreting a liquid of a purplish color.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	purpurigenous
释义	† purpurigenousadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Latin purpura , -genous comb. form. Etymology: < classical Latin purpura purple dye (see purpure n.) + -genous comb. form, perhaps after French purpurigène (1869 in Littré; 1925 or earlier in specific sense). Compare slightly earlier purpuriparous adj. N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (pɒ̄ɹpiŭri·dʒĭnəs) /pɜːpjʊəˈrɪdʒɪnəs/. Zoology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. Producing or secreting purple (purple n. 4); spec. designating the hypobranchial gland of some gastropod molluscs (cf. purpuriparous adj.). ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Purpurigenous gland, a gland, especially developed in the gastropods of the family Muricidæ, secreting a liquid of a purplish color. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1890
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