Purple

Definition:

  • (n.) A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue.
  • (n.) Cloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity; as, to put on the imperial purple.
  • (n.) Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth.
  • (n.) A cardinalate. See Cardinal.
  • (n.) Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis) as, the banded purple (B. arthemis). See Illust. under Ursula.
  • (n.) Any shell of the genus Purpura.
  • (n.) See Purpura.
  • (n.) A disease of wheat. Same as Earcockle.
  • (a.) Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue color; as, a purple robe.
  • (a.) Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority.
  • (a.) Blood-red; bloody.
  • (v. t.) To make purple; to dye of purple or deep red color; as, hands purpled with blood.

Compare purple with other words:

potato vs. purple

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purple vs. purpled

purfle vs. purple

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purple vs. purpurogenous

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maypop vs. purple

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mobile vs. purple

hot vs. purple

purple vs. yellow

green vs. purple

purple vs. velvet

purple vs. square

pink vs. purple

indigo vs. purple

periwinkle vs. purple

chair vs. purple

purple vs. turnsole

orpine vs. purple

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belladonna vs. purple

elephant vs. purple

hackberry vs. purple

amaranthine vs. purple

eggplant vs. purple

permanganate vs. purple

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elder vs. purple

heliotrope vs. purple

purple vs. weal

orange vs. purple

purple vs. purplish

puce vs. purple

amethyst vs. purple

lilac vs. purple

orchid vs. purple

lavender vs. purple

purple vs. violet

purple vs. purpure

purple vs. purpleheart

purple vs. rhodopsin

bepurple vs. purple

bloody vs. purple

imperial vs. purple

purple vs. regal

purple vs. republican

liberal vs. purple

democrat vs. purple

blue vs. purple

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earcockle vs. purple

predominant vs. purple

marijuana vs. purple

purple vs. purpura

cannabis vs. purple

mollusk vs. purple

mauve vs. purple

magenta vs. purple

modena vs. purple