- purplish
- adjective Date: 1562 somewhat purple
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Purplish — Pur plish, a. Somewhat purple. Boyle. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
purplish — UK [ˈpɜː(r)p(ə)lɪʃ] / US [ˈpɜrp(ə)lɪʃ] or purply UK [ˈpɜː(r)p(ə)lɪ] / US [ˈpɜrp(ə)lɪ] adjective similar to purple or slightly purple in colour … English dictionary
purplish — [pʉrplē, pʉrpəl ēpʉr′plish, pʉr′pəl ish] adj. having a purple tinge; somewhat purple: also purply [pʉrplē, pʉrpəl ē] … English World dictionary
purplish — [[t]pɜ͟ː(r)pəlɪʃ[/t]] ADJ Purplish means slightly purple in colour. The large, purplish blue flowers appear in early June … English dictionary
purplish — adjective slightly purple: purplish blue … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
purplish — purple ► NOUN 1) a colour intermediate between red and blue. 2) (also Tyrian purple) a crimson dye obtained from some molluscs, used for robes worn by an emperor or senior magistrate in ancient Rome or Byzantium. 3) (the purple) the scarlet… … English terms dictionary
Purplish-backed Jay — at the Henry Doorly Zoo Conservation status … Wikipedia
Purplish Jay — Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Purplish-backed — may refer to:* Purplish backed Jay, a species of crow * Purplish backed Quail dove, a species of bird in the Columbidae family … Wikipedia
Purplish Honeycreeper — Purplish Honeycreeper, illustration by Joseph Smit, 1886 Conservation status NR … Wikipedia
Purplish-backed Quail-dove — Taxobox name = Purplish backed Quail dove status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Columbiformes familia = Columbidae genus = Geotrygon species = G. lawrencii binomial = Geotrygon lawrencii… … Wikipedia
