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purple

/ purple /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a chromatic color between red and blue
Type of:
chromatic color chromatic colour spectral color
Kinds of:
mauve reddish purple royal purple violet reddish blue
Derived:
empurple purpurate
noun Sense 2
of imperial status
"he was born to the purple"
Type of:
nobility noblesse
verb Sense 3
color purple
Type of:
color colorize colorise
Derived:
purpleness empurpled
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 4
become purple
Type of:
discolor discolour colour
Derived:
purpleness empurpled
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
adjective satellite Sense 5
of a color midway between red and blue
Similar:
chromatic
adjective satellite Sense 6
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"
Similar:
noble
adjective satellite Sense 7
excessively elaborate or showily expressed
"a writer of empurpled literature"
"many purple passages"
"speech embellished with classical quotations"
"an over-embellished story of the fish that got away"
Similar:
rhetorical
Semantic Complexity
56%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
3
Total Relationships
25
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

chromatic color chromatic colour spectral color mauve reddish purple royal purple violet reddish blue nobility noblesse color colorize