Purple - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- (in ancient Rome) position of imperial status
verb
adjective
- excessively elaborate or showily expressed (syn: empurpled)
many purple passages
Extra examples
The book contains a few purple passages.
Her writing was full of purple prose.
You can make purple by mixing the colors red and blue.
The painting portrays the queen in a purple robe.
The priest wore a purple robe.
A salmagundi of black and blue, and red and purple, and white.
The sun tinted the clouds with red and purple.
Its colour is dark red, verging into purple.
An opalescent purple, that banded the entire horizon.
The King was clothed in a purple gown.
That flower in the garden, you know, the purple one, what is it?
His face turned purple with rage.
Steve's purple patch continued with a second victory on Tuesday.
The sky was streaked yellow and purple.
...in ancient times, a mollusk was used to produce a rich purple colorant for clothing and linens...
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