What does purple mean?
Definitions for purple
ˈpɜr pəlpur·ple
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word purple.
Princeton's WordNet
purple, purplenessnoun
a purple color or pigment
purpleadjective
of imperial status
"he was born to the purple"
purple, violet, purplishadjective
of a color intermediate between red and blue
empurpled, over-embellished, purpleadjective
excessively elaborate or showily expressed
"a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away"
imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royalverb
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"
purpleverb
become purple
purple, empurple, purpurateverb
color purple
Wiktionary
purplenoun
The colour worn by an emperor or king; by extension, imperial power.
purplenoun
Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk.
purplenoun
the purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana
purpleverb
To turn purple in colour.
purpleadjective
Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue.
purpleadjective
Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support, as in purple state, purple city.
purpleadjective
Mixed between social democrats and liberals.
Etymology: From purpel, from purple, purpure, from purpura, from πορφύρα, of Semitic origin.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
PURPLEadjective
Etymology: pourpre, Fr. purpureus, Lat.
The poop was beaten gold,
Purple the sails, and so perfumed, that
The winds were love-sick with e’m. William Shakespeare.You violets, that first appear,
By your pure purple mantles known;
What are you when the rose is blown? Henry Wotton.A small oval plate, cut off a flinty pebble, and polished, is prettily variegated with a pale grey, blue, yellow, and purple. John Woodward, on Fossils.
I view a field of blood,
And Tyber rolling with a purple flood. Dryden.Their mangled limbs
Crashing at once, death dyes the purple seas
With gore. James Thomson, Summer.To Purpleverb
To make red; to colour with purple.
Etymology: purpuro, Lat.
Whilst your purpled hands do reak and smoak,
Fulfil your pleasure. William Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar.Cruel and suddain, hast thou since
Purpled thy nail in blood of innocence? John Donne.Though fall’n on evil days,
In darkness, and with dangers compass’d round,
And solitude! yet, not alone, while thou
Visit’st my slumbers nightly; or when morn
Purples the East. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. xxx.Throw hither all your quaint enamel’d eyes,
That on the green turf such the honied show’rs,
And purple all the ground with vernal flow’rs. John Milton.Aurora had but newly chas’d the night,
And purpled o’er the sky with blushing light. Dryden.Not with more glories in th’ ethereal plain,
The sun first rises o’er the purpled main. Alexander Pope.Reclining soft in blissful bow’rs,
Purpled sweet with springing flow’rs. Elijah Fenton.
Webster Dictionary
Purplenoun
a color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue
Purplenoun
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
Purplenoun
hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth
Purplenoun
a cardinalate. See Cardinal
Purplenoun
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
Purplenoun
any shell of the genus Purpura
Purplenoun
see Purpura
Purplenoun
a disease of wheat. Same as Earcockle
Purpleadjective
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
Purpleadjective
imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority
Purpleadjective
blood-red; bloody
Purpleverb
to make purple; to dye of purple or deep red color; as, hands purpled with blood
Etymology: [OE. purpre, pourpre, OF. purpre, porpre, pourpre, F. pourpre, L. purpura purple fish, purple dye, fr. Gr. the purple fish, a shell from the purple dye was obtained, purple dye; cf. dark (said of the sea), purple, to grow dark (said of the sea), to be troubled; perh. akin to L. furere to rage, E. fury: cf. AS. purpure. Cf. Porphyry, Purpure.]
Freebase
Purple
Purple is a range of hues of color occurring between red and blue. The Oxford English Dictionary describes it as a deep, rich shade between crimson and violet. In the ancient world, purple was the color worn by Roman Emperors and magistrates, and later by Roman Catholic bishops. Since that time, purple has been commonly associated with royalty and piety.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Purple
pur′pl, n. a very dark-red colour formed by the mixture of blue and red: a purple dress or robe, originally worn only by royalty: a robe of honour: the dignity of a king or emperor: a cardinalate, so called from the red hat and robes worn by cardinals.—adj. red tinged with blue: blood-red: bloody.—v.t. to dye purple: to clothe with purple.—v.i. to become purple in colour.—n. Pur′ple-fish, a shellfish of genus Purpura.—adjs. Pur′ple-frost′y (Tenn.), purple with frost or cold; Pur′ple-hued (Shak.), having a purple hue.—n.pl. Pur′ples, petechiæ or spots of livid red on the body: a disease of wheat: an early purple-flowered orchid.—adj. Pur′ple-spiked, having purple spikes.—ns. Pur′ple-wood, -heart, the heartwood of Copaifera pubiflora, used for ramrods.—adj. Pur′plish, somewhat purple.—Purple emperor, one of the largest of British butterflies, and one of the most richly coloured.—Born in the purple, of princely rank or birth; Tyrian purple, a fine purple dye for which the people of ancient Tyre were celebrated. [O. Fr. porpre (Fr. pourpre)—L. purpura—Gr. porphyra, the purple-fish.]
Etymology and Origins
Purple
This dye, in which the people of Tyre excelled, was discovered in the following manner:--One day a favourite dog of Hercules of Tyre ate a species of fish known to the ancients by the name of purpura, and on returning to his master his lips were found to be tinged with the colour, which, after a few experiments, Hercules successfully imitated.
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Rank popularity for the word 'purple' in Adjectives Frequency: #950
Anagrams for purple »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of purple in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of purple in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of purple in a Sentence
I don't see how anybody has stopped diversity here in town that I am aware of. I don't know off the top of my head what type of initiatives the city could take to get more diversity, but in my own heart and my own mind and people around me, people here at the table, everybody's welcome to Marysville. I don't care if you're purple, whatever... you're welcome to our community.
They hate that alternative work schedule with a purple passion.
That was the last time I recall seeing my dad’s Purple Heart, my cousins probably took it home with them.
To have this Purple Heart returned to us after so many years is incredibly special, this was a piece of who my grandfather truly was.
Some of these products look very enticing, they may be yellow or purple in color, and they might resemble a juice or some other products that a child is used to playing with.
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Translations for purple
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- pɛpolAkan
- ሃምራዊAmharic
- بنفسجي, أرجوانيArabic
- tünd qırmızıAzerbaijani
- фіялетавыBelarusian
- морав, пурпурен, виолетовBulgarian
- limestraBreton
- púrpura, purpuri, porpraCatalan, Valencian
- purpurový, nachový, fialovýCzech
- porffor, piws, glasgochWelsh
- lilla, violetDanish
- violett, lila, purpurrot, purpurGerman
- μενεξεδής, πορφύρα, μενεξεδί, βιολετί, μαβής, βιολετής, μωβ, πορφυρός, ιόχρουν, ιώδης, μοβ, πορφυρό, ιώδες, ιόχρους, μαβίGreek
- purpura, purpuroEsperanto
- violeta, morado, púrpura, lilaSpanish
- purpurneEstonian
- gorrindolBasque
- بنفش, ارغوانی, رنگ بنفشPersian
- violetti, purppura, sinipunainen, purppurakotiloFinnish
- lokalokaFijian
- korkalitur, purpurlitur, purpurFaroese
- violet, pourpreFrench
- pearsWestern Frisian
- corcairghormIrish
- purpaidh, purpar, còrcairScottish Gaelic
- moradoGalician
- જાંબુડિયુંGujarati
- סגולHebrew
- बैगनी, बैंगनीHindi
- lila, bíborszínű, bíborHungarian
- ծիրանիArmenian
- unguIndonesian
- òdòdòIgbo
- purpuroIdo
- purpuralitur, fjólublárIcelandic
- porpora, violaItalian
- סגולHebrew
- 紫, 紫色, パープル, 紫のJapanese
- violeKongo
- ពណ៌ស្វាយKhmer
- ಕೆನ್ನೀಲಿ, ನೇರಳೆ ಬಣ್ಣKannada
- 보라색, 자주색, 자Korean
- مۆرKurdish
- glasrudh, purpurCornish
- ostrum, purpura, purpurusLatin
- violets, purpurs, lillāLatvian
- volomparasyMalagasy
- pāpuraMāori
- пурпурнаMacedonian
- час улаанMongolian
- जांभळाMarathi
- unguMalay
- purperen, purper, paarsDutch
- lilla, fiolettNorwegian
- tsédídéehgo dootłʼizhNavajo, Navaho
- purpurowy, fiolet, fioletowy, purpuraPolish
- roxo, púrpura, violetaPortuguese
- kulliQuechua
- violetRomansh
- mov, purpuriu, violetRomanian
- пурпурный, пурпуровый, фиолетовыйRussian
- пурпуран, љубичаст, ljubičast, purpuranSerbo-Croatian
- purpurovýSlovak
- violeSamoan
- carwaajiisSomali
- violett, lila, gredelinSwedish
- udhurungiSwahili
- ஊதாTamil
- లేత ఎరుపు రంగుTelugu
- สีม่วงThai
- benewşe, melewşeTurkmen
- erguvani, morTurkish
- фіолетовийUkrainian
- ارغوانیUrdu
- qirmiziUzbek
- màu tím, tía, đỏ tíaVietnamese
- לילאַ, purpleYiddish
- àwo elésè àlùkòYoruba
- 紫色Chinese
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