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purple
[pur-puhl]
noun
any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
cloth or clothing of this hue, especially as formerly worn distinctively by persons of imperial, royal, or other high rank.
the rank or office of a cardinal.
the office of a bishop.
imperial, regal, or princely rank or position.
deep red; crimson.
any of several nymphalid butterflies, as Basilarchia astyanax red-spotted purple, having blackish wings spotted with red, or Basilarchia arthemis banded purple, or white admiral, having brown wings banded with white.
adjective
of the color purple.
imperial, regal, or princely.
brilliant or showy.
full of exaggerated literary devices and effects; marked by excessively ornate rhetoric.
a purple passage in a novel.
profane or shocking, as language.
relating to or noting political or ideological diversity.
purple politics; ideologically purple areas of the country.
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become purple.
purple
/ ˈɜːə /
noun
any of various colours with a hue lying between red and blue and often highly saturated; a nonspectral colour
a dye or pigment producing such a colour
cloth of this colour, often used to symbolize royalty or nobility
high rank; nobility
the official robe of a cardinal
the rank, office, or authority of a cardinal as signified by this
bishops collectively
adjective
of the colour purple
(of writing) excessively elaborate or full of imagery
purple prose
noble or royal
Other 51Թ Forms
- purpleness noun
- ˈܰԱ noun
- ˈܰ adjective
- ˈܰ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of purple1
Idioms and Phrases
born in / to the purple, of royal or exalted birth.
Those born to the purple are destined to live in the public eye.
Example Sentences
Titled “Nobody,” a four-sided geometric shape is rendered in flat purple house paint on linen, 5 feet square.
After all, this isn’t her first rodeo with a dinosaur — even if this time around, the creature isn’t purple or huggable or even tangible, just a green-screen dream.
"Are you from ICE?" one of the women, a farm worker in a hat and purple bandana, asks us fearfully.
Many of them were dressed in purple, BTS's signature colour, and carried large banners and photographs of the band.
Many of them were dressed in purple, BTS' signature colour, and carried large banners and photographs of the two K-pop idols.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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