purple

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purple

The artist mixes red and blue paint to create the color purple.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A color intermediate between red and blue: "purple" is a secondary color created by mixing red and blue pigments or light.
    • Imperial or royal status: Historically, "purple" refers to the color of garments worn by Roman emperors and senior magistrates, symbolizing high rank and sovereignty.

  2. Adjective:

    • Of a color between red and blue: Describing something that is of a purple hue.
    • Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler: Characterized by imperial or regal splendor.
    • Excessively elaborate or ornate in style: Used to describe language or writing that is overly flowery or showy.

  3. Verb:

    • To make or become purple: The action of turning something the color purple or becoming that color.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • She painted her room a deep purple.
    • In ancient Rome, the right to wear purple was a great honor.

  • Adjective:

    • The sky turned a beautiful purple at dusk.
    • The king wore a purple robe.
    • The novel was criticized for its purple prose.

  • Verb:

    • The cold weather purpled his fingers.
    • The sunset purpled the clouds.
Advanced Usage

  • "Born to the purple": Born into a royal or aristocratic family.

    • As a prince, he was born to the purple.

  • "Purple passage/patch": A section of writing that is excessively ornate or elaborate.

    • The otherwise simple memoir contained a few purple passages.
Variants and Related Words

  • Purplish (adj): Somewhat purple in color.

    • The bruise had a purplish tint.

  • Empurple (verb, literary): To make or become purple.

    • The wine empurpled his lips.
Synonyms
  • Violet: A color at the end of the visible light spectrum, often lighter or bluer than purple.
  • Mauve: A pale purple color.
  • Regal: Relating to a monarch; royal (for the adjective meaning 'imperial').
  • Ornate: Elaborately decorated (for the adjective meaning 'excessively elaborate').
Related Phrases

  • Purple with rage: Extremely angry, to the point where one's face may darken.

    • He was purple with rage after hearing the news.

  • Purple heart: A U.S. military decoration awarded to those wounded or killed in service.

    • The soldier received a Purple Heart for his bravery.
Idioms

  • Purple prose: Writing that is so extravagant, ornate, or flowery as to break the flow and draw excessive attention to itself.

    • The author's fondness for purple prose made the novel difficult to read.

  • Purple haze: A state of confusion or daze; also famously a song title.

    • The medication left him in a purple haze for hours.
purple

The artist mixes red and blue paint to create the color purple.

Verb
  1. color purple
  2. become purple
Noun
  1. of imperial status
    • he was born to the purple
  2. a purple color or pigment
Adjective
  1. 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
  2. excessively elaborate or showily expressed
    • a writer of empurpled literature
    • many purple passages
    • an over-embellished story of the fish that got away
  3. of a color intermediate between red and blue

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