purple
1. pur.ple \'p*r-p*l\ aj [ME purpel, alter. of purper, fr. OE purpuran,
gen. of pur]pure purple color, fr. L purpura, fr. Gk porphyra 1: IMPERIAL,
REGAL 2: the color purple 3a: highly rhetorical : ORNATE 3b: marked by
profanity
2. purple n 1a1: TYRIAN PURPLE 1a2: any of various colors that fall about
midway between red and blue in h ue 1b1: cloth dyed purple 1b2: a garment
of such color; esp : a purple robe worn as an emblem of rank or authority
1c1: a mollusk (as of the genus Purpura) yielding a purple dye and es p.
the Tyrian purple of ancient times 1c2: a pigment or dye that colors purple
2a: imperial or regal rank or power 2b: exalted station
3. purple \'p*r-p(*-)lin\ vb or pur.pling : to turn purple