purple

purple
I. adjective (purpler; purplest) Etymology: Middle English purpel, alteration of purper, from Old English purpuran of purple, genitive of purpure purple color, from Latin purpura, from Greek porphyra Date: before 12th century 1. regal, imperial 2. of the color purple 3. a. highly rhetorical ; ornate b. marked by profanity II. noun Date: 15th century 1. a. (1) cloth dyed purple (2) a garment of such color; especially a purple robe worn as an emblem of rank or authority b. (1) Tyrian purple (2) any of various colors that fall about midway between red and blue in hue c. (1) a mollusk (as of the genus Purpura) yielding a purple dye and especially the Tyrian purple of ancient times (2) a pigment or dye that colors purple 2. a. imperial or regal rank or power b. high rank or station III. verb (purpled; purpling) Date: 15th century transitive verb to make purple intransitive verb to become purple

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