purple

pur·ple  (pûrpl)

n.

1. Any of a group of colors with a hue between that of violet and red.

2. Cloth of a color between violet and red, formerly worn as a symbol of royalty or high office.

3. Imperial power; high rank: born to the purple.

4. Roman Catholic Church

a. The rank or office of a cardinal.

b. The rank or office of a bishop.

adj.

1. Of the color purple.

2. Royal or imperial; regal.

3. Elaborate and ornate: purple prose.

tr. & intr.v. pur·pled, pur·pling, pur·ples

To make or become purple.

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[Middle English, from Old English purpul, from purpure, purple garment, from Latin purpura, shellfish yielding purple dye, purple cloth, purple, from Greek porphur.]

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purple

Noun

1. a colour between red and blue

2. cloth of this colour, often used to symbolize royalty or nobility

3. the official robe of a cardinal

4. anything purple, such as purple paint or purple clothing: a large lady, unwisely dressed in purple

Adjective

1. of a colour between red and blue

2. (of writing) excessively elaborate: purple prose [Greek porphura the purple fish (murex)]

purplish adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	purple - a purple color or pigment             purpleness chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour - a color that has hue lavender - a pale purple color mauve - a moderate purple reddish purple, royal purple - a shade of purple tinged with red reddish blue, violet - a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum
	2.	purple - of imperial status; "he was born to the purple" noblesse, nobility - the state of being of noble birth
Verb	1.	purple - become purple discolour, discolor, color, colour - change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"
	2.	purple - color purple empurple, purpurate color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
Adj.	1.	purple - of a color intermediate between red and blue purplish, violet chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue
	2.	purple - excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away" empurpled, over-embellished rhetorical - given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery"
	3.	purple - belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head" regal, majestic, imperial, royal noble - of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times; "of noble birth"

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purple

Translations

purple [ˈpəːpl] adj → morado

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purple [ˈpəːpl] adj → violet(te); [face] → cramoisi(e)

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purple [ˈpəːpl] adj → violett

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purple [ˈpəːpl] adj → di porpora; viola inv

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purple

n / adj purple [ˈpəːpl]

(of) a dark colour made by mixing blue and red. pers أرْجُوان، أرْجُواني лилав nach(ový) violet; purpur purpurn μοβ púrpura, morado punakaslilla ارغوانی purppura violet סֶגוֹל बैंगनी bíbor(piros) ungu fjólublár, purpuralitur porpora 紫色 자줏빛(의) purpurinė/violetinė spalva; purpurinis, violetinis purpurs; purpursarkans ungu purper purpur, fiolett fioletowy roxo violet фиолетовый (цвет) purpur; purpurový vijoličen ljubičast purpur, mörklila สีม่วง mor 紫色［的］ пурпурний колір ارغواني رنگ màu đỏ tía 紫色［的］