Purple Meaning

There are 8 meaning(s) for word Purple

Meaning 1 : a purple color or pigment

    Synonyms : purpleness
Meaning 2 : of a color intermediate between red and blue

    Synonyms : purplish,  violet
Meaning 3 : belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler

    Example : purple tyrant

    Synonyms : imperial,  majestic,  regal,  royal
Meaning 4 : color purple

    Synonyms : empurple,  purpurate
Meaning 5 : (in ancient Rome) position of imperial status

    Example : he was born to the purple

    Synonyms : the purple
Meaning 6 : excessively elaborate or showily expressed

    Example : a writer of empurpled literature,many purple passages

    Synonyms : empurpled,  over-embellished
Meaning 7 : (Roman Catholic Church) official dress of a cardinal; so named after the Tyrial purple color of the robes

    Synonyms : the purple
Meaning 8 : become purple


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