PURPLE
WordNet
adjective
(1) Of a color intermediate between red and blue
(2) 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"
(3) Excessively elaborate or showily expressed
"A writer of empurpled literature"
"Many purple passages"
"Speech embellished with classical quotations"
"An over-embellished story of the fish that got away"
noun
(4) A purple color or pigment
(5) Of imperial status
"He was born to the purple"
verb
(6) Color purple
(7) Become purple
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.
Adjective
- Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue.
- Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support, as in purple state, purple city.
Verb
- To turn purple in colour.
- He purpled with rage.