Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word PURPLE

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Definitions of PURPLE

1. 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.
2. Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk.
3. The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana.
4. Earcockle, a disease of wheat.
5. A cardinalate.
6. Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue.
7. Imperial; regal.
8. Blood-red; bloody.
9. A color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.
10. (colour theory) Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red.
11. (by extension) Imperial power, because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings.
12. (medicine) Purpura.
13. Any of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis).
14. (slang, US) Ellipsis of purple drank.
15. (UK, slang) Synonym of snakebite and black.
16. (US politics) Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support.
17. (in Netherlands and Belgium) Mixed between social democrats and liberals.
18. (of language) Extravagantly ornate, like purple prose.
19. (motor racing, of a sector, lap, etc.) Completed in the fastest time so far in a given session.
20. (intransitive) To turn purple in colour.
21. (transitive) To dye purple.
22. (transitive) To clothe in purple.
23. (rare) A Middle English surname from Middle English.

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