purple

Roget category 437

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.2. Sensation

#437. Purple

noun

purple etc. adj. — blue and red, bishop's purple — aniline dyes, gridelin^†, amethyst — purpure [Heral.] — heliotrope.
lividness, lividity.

verb

empurple^†.

adjective

purple, violet, ultraviolet — plum-colored, lavender, lilac, puce, mauve — livid.

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