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purpure

[ pur-pyoor ]

noun

  1. the tincture or color purple.


adjective

  1. of the tincture or color purple.

purpure

/ ˈpɜːpjʊə /

noun

  1. usually postpositive heraldry purple
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of purpure1

before 900; Middle English, Old English < Latin purpura purple
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Word History and Origins

Origin of purpure1

Old English from Latin purpura purple
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Example Sentences

Supporters—Two angels vested purpure, winged and crined or, each holding in the exterior hand a key or.

Arms—Purpure, two flanches ermine, on a chief sable a moon in her complement argent.

Again, ‘Purpure, a wolf argent’ would mean “a wrangler with a peaceable disposition!!”

The exact tint of murrey is between gules and purpure; and tenn is an orange-tawny colour.

For Purpure:—mix carmine and French blue, with a little gum: shade with a darker tint of the same.

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