purple, violet, purplish
(adjective) of a color intermediate between red and blue
imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royal
(adjective) 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”
empurpled, over-embellished, purple
(adjective) excessively elaborate or showily expressed; “a writer of empurpled literature”; “many purple passages”; “an over-embellished story of the fish that got away”
purple, the purple
(noun) (Roman Catholic Church) official dress of a cardinal; so named after the Tyrial purple color of the robes
purple, purpleness
(noun) a purple color or pigment
purple, the purple
(noun) (in ancient Rome) position of imperial status; “he was born to the purple”
purple, empurple, purpurate
(verb) color purple
purple
(verb) become purple
Source: WordNet® 3.1
purple (plural purples)
A colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.
(colour theory) Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red.
Cloth, or a garment, dyed a purple colour; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple robe or mantle worn by Ancient Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity.
(by extension) Imperial power, because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings.
Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk.
The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana.
(medicine) Purpura.
Earcockle, a disease of wheat.
Any of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis).
A cardinalate.
(slang, US) Ellipsis of purple drank.
purple (comparative purpler or more purple, superlative purplest or most purple)
Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue.
(US politics) Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support, as in purple state, purple city.
(in Netherlands and Belgium) Mixed between social democrats and liberals.
Imperial; regal.
Blood-red; bloody.
(of language) Extravagantly ornate, like purple prose.
(motor racing, of a sector, lap, etc.) Completed in the fastest time so far in a given session.
• (having purple as its colour): nonpurple
purple (third-person singular simple present purples, present participle purpling, simple past and past participle purpled)
(intransitive) To turn purple in colour.
(transitive) To dye purple.
(transitive) To clothe in purple.
• Ruppel, lupper, pulper, repulp
Purple
(rare) A surname.
• Ruppel, lupper, pulper, repulp
Source: Wiktionary
Pur"ple, n.; pl. Purples. Etym: [OE. purpre, pourpre, OF. purpre, porpre, pourpre, F. pourpre, L. purpura purple fish, purple dye, fr. Gr. furere to rage, E. fury: cf. AS. purpure. Cf. Porphyry, Purpure.]
1. A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue. Arraying with reflected purple and gold The clouds that on his western throne attend. Milton.
Note: The ancient words which are translated purple are supposed to have been used for the color we call crimson. In the gradations of color as defined in art, purple is a mixture of red and blue. When red predominates it is called violet, and when blue predominates, hyacinth.
2. Cloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity; as, to put on the imperial purple. Thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and purple, and scarlet. Ex. xxvi. 1.
3. Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth. "He was born in the purple." Gibbon.
4. A cardinalate. See Cardinal.
5. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis) as, the banded purple (B. arthemis). See Illust. under Ursula.
6. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any shell of the genus Purpura.
7. pl.(Med.)
Definition: See Purpura.
8. pl.
Definition: A disease of wheat. Same as Earcockle.
Note: Purple is sometimes used in composition, esp. with participles forming words of obvious signification; as, purple-colored, purple- hued, purple-stained, purple-tinged, purple-tinted, and the like. French purple. (Chem.) Same as Cudbear.
– Purple of Cassius. See Cassius.
– Purple of mollusca (Zoöl.), a coloring matter derived from certain mollusks, which dyes wool, etc., of a purple or crimson color, and is supposed to be the substance of the famous Tyrian dye. It is obtained from Ianthina, and from several species of Purpura, and Murex.
– To be born in the purple, to be of princely birth; to be highborn.
Pur"ple, a.
1. Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue color; as, a purple robe.
2. Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority. Hide in the dust thy purple pride. Shelley.
3. Blood-red; bloody. May such purple tears be alway shed. Shak. I view a field of blood, And Tiber rolling with a purple blood. Dryden. Purple bird (Zoöl.), the European purple gallinule. See under Gallinule.
– Purple copper ore. (Min.) See Bornite.
– Purple grackle (Zoöl.), the crow blackbird. See under Crow.
– Purple martin. See under Martin.
– Purple sandpiper. See under Sandpiper.
– Purple shell. See Ianthina.
Pur"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purpled; p. pr. & vb. n. Purpling.]
Definition: To make purple; to dye of purple or deep red color; as, hands purpled with blood. When morn Purples the east. Milton. Reclining soft in blissful bowers, Purpled sweet with springing flowers. Fenton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 March 2025
(noun) an event that accomplishes its intended purpose; “let’s call heads a success and tails a failure”; “the election was a remarkable success for the Whigs”
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
