purple
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɜː.pl̩/
ipa: /ˈpɝ.pl̩/
ipa: [ˈpɹ̩.pl̩]
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)pəl
Forms: form: purples
form: purpling
form: purpled
form: purpled
Etymology: From Middle English purple, purpel, from Old English purpul (“purple”, adjective), taken from Old English purpure (“purple colour”, noun), from Latin purpura (“purple dye, shellfish”), from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra, “purple-fish”), perhaps of Semitic origin. Doublet of purpura and purpure.
The sense of "imperial power" is from the wearing of the color purple by emperors and kings.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he Capri cliffs, the tops of which were still pink against the purpling sky.
ref: 1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 143:
text: The gang leader purpled and raised his gun.
ref: 1999, David Edelstein, In Nomine: Corporeal Player's Guide, Steve Jackson Games,, →ISBN, page 8:
glosses: To turn purple in colour.
examples: text: Year after year unto her feet, / She lying on her couch alone, / Across the purpled coverlet, / The maiden's jet-black hair has grown, […]
ref: 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Day-Dream. The Sleeping Palace.”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 152:
glosses: To dye purple.
glosses: To clothe in purple.
glosses: To pursue the opposite gender in inappropriate circumstances, usually of adolescents. (From the metaphor of mixing blue [boys] and pink [girls].)
Derived terms: taxonomic: Porphyrio martinicus
word: American purple gallinule
word: aniline purple
word: bee purple
word: bepurple
word: born in the purple
word: born to the purple
word: bromcresol purple
word: bromocresol purple
word: Chinese purple
word: common purple-glossed snake
word: early-purple orchid
word: flying purple people-eater
word: flying purple people eater
word: French purple
word: Han purple
word: line of purples
word: liseran purple
word: Okinawan purple potato
word: once in a purple moon
word: palatinate purple
word: Perkin's purple
word: purple airway
word: purple-backed fairywren
taxonomic: Aglaeactis aliciae
word: purple-backed sunbeam
taxonomic: Ramphomicron microrhynchum
word: purple-backed thornbill
word: purple bacteria
taxonomic: Cinnyris bifasciatus
word: purple-banded sunbird
word: purple bar
word: purple-bearded bee-eater
taxonomic: Meropogon forsteni
word: Celebes bee-eater
taxonomic: Lorius hypoinochrous
word: purple-bellied lory
word: purple bird
word: purple box
taxonomic: Cotinga cotinga
word: purple-breasted cotinga
taxonomic: Nectarinia purpureiventris
word: purple-breasted sunbird
taxonomic: Ptilinopus ponapensis
word: purple-capped fruit dove
taxonomic: Cochoa purpurea
word: purple cochoa
word: purple copper ore
word: purple coral
taxonomic: Tauraco porphyreolophus
word: purple-crested turaco
taxonomic: Heliothryx barroti
word: purple-crowned fairy
word: purple-crowned fairywren
taxonomic: Malurus coronatus
word: purple-crowned fairy-wren
word: purple death
word: purple dye murex
word: purple emperor
word: purple everlasting
taxonomic: Haemorhous purpureus
word: purple finch
word: purple-fish
taxonomic: Porphyrio porphyrio
word: purple gallinule
taxonomic: Lichenostomus cratitius
word: purple-gaped honeyeater
word: purple gas
word: purple glory-of-the-sun
word: purple-glossed snake
taxonomic: Lamprotornis purpureus
word: purple glossy starling
word: purple glove syndrome
word: purple gold
word: purple grackle
word: purple guava
word: purple hairstreak
word: Purple Hawke
taxonomic: Hylopsar purpureiceps
word: purple-headed starling
word: purple-headed yogurt slinger
word: purple heart
word: Purple Heart
english: Peltogyne
translation: Peltogyne
word: purpleheart
word: purple helmet
taxonomic: Ardea purpurea
word: purple heron
taxonomic: Cyanerpes caeruleus
word: purple honeycreeper
taxonomic: Vidua purpurascens
word: purple indigobird
word: purple ivory
word: purple Jesus
word: purple joe-pye weed
word: purple judge
taxonomic: Prenanthes purpurea
word: purple lettuce
taxonomic: Lythrum salicaria
word: purple loosestrife
word: Purpleman
word: purple marshlocks
taxonomic: Progne subis
word: purple martin
word: purple milkweed
word: purple monkey dishwasher
taxonomic: Lorius domicella
word: purple-naped lory
taxonomic: Hypogramma hypogrammicum
word: purple-naped sunbird
word: purple nasty
taxonomic: Hirundapus celebensis
word: purple needletail
word: purple noise
word: purple notice
word: purple nurple
word: purple of Cassius
word: purple of mollusca
word: purple passage
word: purple passion
word: purple patch
word: purple pill
word: purple pitcher plant
word: purple plague
word: purple prose
word: purple quartz
word: purple rice
taxonomic: Coracias naevius
word: purple roller
taxonomic: Eurystomus azureus
word: purple roller
taxonomic: Leptocoma zeylonica
word: purple-rumped sunbird
taxonomic: Calidris maritima
word: purple sandpiper
word: purple shell
word: purple shirt of sex
word: purplespotted
word: purple spurge
word: purple squirrel
taxonomic: Lamprotornis purpureus
word: purple starling
word: purple state
word: purple storm snail
word: purple sulfur bacterium
taxonomic: Cinnyris asiaticus
word: purple sunbird
taxonomic: Progne subis
word: purple swamphen
taxonomic: Ducula rufigaster
word: purple-tailed imperial pigeon
word: purple team
word: purple teamer
word: purple three-awn grass
taxonomic: Eulampis jugularis
word: purple-throated carib
taxonomic: Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema
word: purple-throated cotinga
taxonomic: Campephaga quiscalina
word: purple-throated cuckooshrike
taxonomic: Querula purpurata
word: purple-throated fruitcrow
taxonomic: Lampornis calolaemus
word: purple-throated mountaingem
taxonomic: Heliangelus viola
word: purple-throated sunangel
taxonomic: Leptocoma sperata
word: purple-throated sunbird
taxonomic: Calliphlox mitchellii
word: purple-throated woodstar
word: purple tooth
word: purple triangle
word: purple urine bag syndrome
word: purple velvet plant
word: purple vetch
taxonomic: Claravis geoffroyi
word: purple-winged ground dove
taxonomic: Coracias temminckii
word: purple-winged roller
word: purple wiregrass
word: purple yam
word: purple zone
word: purpureal
word: raise to the purple
word: Rebecca purple
word: red-spotted purple
word: regal purple
word: retinal purple
word: rise to the purple
word: royal purple
word: Schoenfeld's purple
word: slate purple
word: take the purple
word: Tyrian purple
taxonomic: Boissonneaua jardini
word: velvet-purple coronet
word: vision purple
word: visual purple
Related terms: porphyrogenite
porphyrogeniture
purpure
rhodopsin
secondary color