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purpure
[ pur-pyoor ]
noun
- the tincture or color purple.
adjective
- of the tincture or color purple.
purpure
/ ˈpɜːpjʊə /
noun
- usually postpositive heraldry purple
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Word History and Origins
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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.
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Arms—Purpure, two flanches ermine, on a chief sable a moon in her complement argent.
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Again, ‘Purpure, a wolf argent’ would mean “a wrangler with a peaceable disposition!!”
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The exact tint of murrey is between gules and purpure; and tenn is an orange-tawny colour.
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For Purpure:—mix carmine and French blue, with a little gum: shade with a darker tint of the same.
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