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Synonyms for purple

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pur-puh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɜr pəl

Top 10 synonyms for purple
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Définition of purple

Origin :
  • Old English purpul, dissimilation (first recorded in Northumbrian, in Lindisfarne gospel) of purpure "purple dye, a purple garment," purpuren (adj.) "purple," a borrowing by 9c. from Latin purpura "purple color, purple-dyed cloak, purple dye," also "shellfish from which purple was made," and "splendid attire generally," from Greek porphyra "purple dye, purple" (cf. porphyry), of uncertain origin, perhaps Semitic, originally the name for the shellfish (murex) from which it was obtained. Purpur continued as a parallel form until 15c., and through 19c. in heraldry. As a color name, attested from early 15c. Tyrian purple, produced around Tyre, was prized as dye for royal garments.
  • Also the color of mourning or penitence (especially in royalty or clergy). Rhetorical for "splendid, gaudy" (of prose) from 1590s. Purple Heart, U.S. decoration for service members wounded in combat, instituted 1932; originally a cloth decoration begun by George Washington in 1782. Hendrix' Purple Haze (1967) is slang for "LSD."
  • noun blue and red colors mixed together
Example sentences :
  • The robe of fine Milesian texture, was saffron-coloured, with a purple edge.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • "But there should be another one," cried the man in the purple coat.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • To one familiar with savage peoples there could be no doubt that these were close to the purple.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • They dropped from his grasp, and I saw that his fingers were purple and black.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
  • Gather the grapes when they are full grown, but before they begin to purple.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • She had on a plaid shawl of purple, green, and red checkers, crossed on her bosom.
  • Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various
  • Mattup's face was purple and his eyes looked like wolves' eyes.
  • Extract from : « Goodbye, Dead Man! » by Tom W. Harris
  • The fire burned with a purple flame, and its glow leaped along the walls.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • A youth clad in a purple gown and wearing a lofty hat entered.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • Suddenly he saw two persons in purple robes who had a summons in their hands.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
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