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- [pur-puh l]
- /ˈpɜr pəl/
- /ˈpɜːpl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pur-puh l]
- /ˈpɜr pəl/
Definitions of purple word
- noun purple any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone. 1
- noun purple cloth or clothing of this hue, especially as formerly worn distinctively by persons of imperial, royal, or other high rank. 1
- noun purple the rank or office of a cardinal. 1
- noun purple the office of a bishop. 1
- noun purple imperial, regal, or princely rank or position. 1
- noun purple deep red; crimson. 1
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Origin of purple
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English purpel (noun and adjective), Old English purple (adjective), variant of purpure < Latin purpura “kind of shellfish yielding purple dye, the dye, cloth so dyed” < Greek porphýra; cf. purpure, porphyry
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Parts of speech for Purple
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
purple popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
purple usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for purple
adj purple
- amoral — If you describe someone as amoral, you do not like the way they behave because they do not seem to care whether what they do is right or wrong.
- black and blue — discolored, as by bruising; exhibiting ecchymosis: a black-and-blue mark on my knee.
- black-and-blue — (of the skin) discoloured, as from a bruise
- broad — Something that is broad is wide.
- flowery — covered with or having many flowers.
noun purple
- amaranthine — of a dark reddish-purple colour
- lavender — a pale bluish purple.
- lilac — any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Syringa, of the olive family, as S. vulgaris, having large clusters of fragrant purple or white flowers: the state flower of New Hampshire.
- mauve — a pale bluish purple.
adjective purple
- contused — Simple past tense and past participle of contuse.
- erogenous — (of a part of the body) Sensitive to sexual stimulation.
- erotic — Of, relating to, or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement.
- euphuistic — Of or pertaining to euphuism.
- racy — slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
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