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purple
noun
1 purple
A purple color or pigment.
synonym: purpleness.
Roget 434:
red,
scarlet,
vermilion,
carmine,
crimson,
pink,
lake,
maroon,
carnation,
couleur de rose [Fr.],
rose du Barry†;
magenta,
damask,
purple;
flesh color,
flesh tint;
color;
fresh color,
high color;
warmth;
gules [Heral.].
ruby,
carbuncle;
rose;
rust,
iron mold.
[Dyes and pigments]
cinnabar,
cochineal;
fuchsine†;
ruddle†,
madder;
Indian red,
light red,
Venetian red;
red ink,
annotto†;
annatto†,
realgar,
minium†,
red lead.
redness
etc.
adj.;
rubescence†,
rubicundity,
rubification†;
erubescence†,
blush.
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Roget 437:
purple
etc.
adj.;
blue and red,
bishop's purple;
aniline dyes,
gridelin†,
amethyst;
purpure [Heral.];
heliotrope.
lividness,
lividity.
Roget 747:
scepter,
regalia,
caduceus;
Mercury's rod,
Mercury's staff,
Mercury's wand;
rod of empire,
mace,
fasces†,
wand;
staff,
staff of office;
baton,
truncheon;
flag
etc.
(insignia)
550;
ensign of authority,
emblem of authority,
badge of authority,
insignia of authority.
throne,
chair,
musnud†,
divan,
dais,
woolsack†.
toga,
pall,
mantle,
robes of state,
ermine,
purple.
crown,
coronet,
diadem,
tiara,
cap of maintenance;
decoration;
title
etc.
877;
portfolio.
key,
signet,
seals,
talisman;
helm;
reins
etc.
(means of restraint)
752.
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Dutch: purper
Polish: purpura
2 purple
in ancient Rome Position of imperial status:
— He was born to the purple.
synonym: the purple.
3 purple
Roman Catholic Church Official dress of a cardinal; so named after the Tyrial purple color of the robes.
synonym: the purple.
verb
1 purple
2 purple
adjective
1 purple
2 purple
Excessively elaborate or showily expressed:
— A writer of empurpled literature.
— Many purple passages.
synonyms: empurpled, over-embellished.
3 purple
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