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purple /pûrˈpl/ noun- A mixture of blue and red
- Crimson (historical)
- The Tyrian crimson dye, obtained in ancient times from various shellfish (Murex, Purpura, Buccinum, etc) (historical)
- Any shellfish from which the dye is obtained
- A crimson cloth or garment worn in ancient times by kings and emperors (historical)
- The rank, power or position of king or emperor
- The red robe of a cardinal
- The cardinalate (from the red hat and robes)
- (with the) bishops
- A purple pigment
- A purple-red pigment in the rods of the mammalian eye and in parts of other eyes (visual purple)
- A purple flower (see long-purples under long1)
- (in pl) purpura
- (in pl) swine-fever
- (in pl) ear-cockle (see under ear2)
adjective- Of the colour purple
- Blood-red, bloody (historical)
- Of writing, fine or over-ornate
transitive verb To make purple intransitive verb To become purple ORIGIN: OE (Northumbrian) purpl(e) purple (adj), from purpur purple (noun), from L purpura, from Gr porphyrā purple fish purˈplish or purˈply adjective Somewhat purple purple airway noun A reserved course for a royal flight purˈple-born adjective Born in the purple (qv below) purˈple-coloured adjective purple emperor noun One of the largest of British butterflies and one of the most richly coloured (Apatura iris) purple finch noun An American finch, the male of which has a red head and breast purple fish noun A shellfish yielding purple dye purple gallinule noun A bird of the rail family (genus Porphyrio) with purplish plumage purple heart noun - (the purple-coloured wood of) a species of Peltogyne of the family Caesalpiniaceae (also purple wood)
- A mauve heart-shaped tablet of a stimulant drug of the amphetamine type
- (with caps) a US decoration for wounds received on active service
purˈple-hued adjective purˈple-in-grain adjective Dyed fast in purple purple of Cassius noun A red or purple pigment discovered by Andreas Cassius (c.1683), made from stannous, stannic and gold chlorides in solution purple patch noun - A passage of fine, or (often) over-ornate, writing (also purple passage)
- A time of good luck or success
born in the purple - Born in the purple chamber of the Byzantine empresses (historical; see porphyrogenite)
- Hence, of exalted birth
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