Purple
noun'pɜrpəl
Adjective
excessively elaborate or showily expressed
“a writer of empurpled literature”
“many purple passages”
Similar:EmpurpledOver-embellishedbelonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
“purple tyrant”
of a color intermediate between red and blue
Noun
(in ancient Rome) position of imperial status
“he was born to the purple”
Type of:NobilityNoblessea purple color or pigment
Similar:Purpleness(Roman Catholic Church) official dress of a cardinal; so named after the Tyrial purple color of the robes
Verb
color purple
Similar:EmpurplePurpurateType of:ColoriseColorColorizebecome purple
Type of:ColorDiscolourDiscolor
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