Definitions for purple
  • Purple (n.) - A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue.
  • Purple (n.) - Cloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity; as, to put on the imperial purple.
  • Purple (n.) - Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth.
  • Purple (n.) - A cardinalate. See Cardinal.
  • Purple (n.) - Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis) as, the banded purple (B. arthemis). See Illust. under Ursula.
  • Purple (n.) - Any shell of the genus Purpura.
  • Purple (n.) - See Purpura.
  • Purple (n.) - A disease of wheat. Same as Earcockle.
  • Purple (a.) - Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue color; as, a purple robe.
  • Purple (a.) - Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority.
  • Purple (a.) - Blood-red; bloody.
  • Purple (v. t.) - To make purple; to dye of purple or deep red color; as, hands purpled with blood.
  • Purpled (imp. & p. p.) - of Purple
  • Purplely - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Purpleness - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Purplenesses - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Purples (pl. ) - of Purple
  • Purpling (p. pr. & vb. n.) - of Purple
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2 Letter Words
el er pe re up
3 Letter Words
leu pep per pul pup pur rep rue urp
4 Letter Words
lure perp prep pule pulp pure purl repp rule