Meaning & Definition of Purple in English
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Purple
/pərpəl/
noun
1. A purple color or pigment
synonym:
- purple,
- purpleness
2. Of imperial status
- "He was born to the purple"
synonym:
- purple
verb
1. Become purple
synonym:
- purple
2. Color purple
synonym:
- purple,
- empurple,
- purpurate
adjective
1. Of a color intermediate between red and blue
synonym:
- purple,
- violet,
- purplish
2. Excessively elaborate or showily expressed
- "A writer of empurpled literature"
- "Many purple passages"
- "An over-embellished story of the fish that got away"
synonym:
- empurpled,
- over-embellished,
- purple
3. 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"
synonym:
- imperial,
- majestic,
- purple,
- regal,
- royal
Examples of using
Did you know that if you mixed red and blue paint you obtained purple?
"I want my dark elf to be blue." "OK... That one's purple. You'll be purple for this week."
The purple bicycle costs less than the yellow.