purple

purples purpled purpling
Noun
1. a chromatic color between red and blue
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2. of imperial status; "he was born to the purple"
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Verb
1. become purple
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2. color purple
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Adjective
1. of a color midway between red and blue
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2. 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"
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3. 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"
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