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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

A. test� ovato-globos�, l�vi; spir� ventricos�, obtus�, sub epidermide purpure�; apertur� nigro-purpurascente; labio exteriore tenui, margine reflexo.

C. test� supr� carinat�, fulv�, fasciis duobus albidis ornat�; spir� brevis, maculat�, basi depress�, anfractibus concavis sulcis duobus insculptis, sutur� alveat�; basi granos�, purpure�.

C. test� aurantiac�, fasciis albis interruptis ornat�; spir� subdepress�, anfractibus suturam juxta simpliciter sulcatis; sutur� alveat�; basi granos�, purpure�.

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.

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