purple

Noun
  1. A purple color or pigment (synset 104977236)
    is a type of: chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour - a color that has hue
    subtypes:
    same as: purpleness
  2. (in ancient Rome) position of imperial status (synset 114455697)
    "he was born to the purple"
    is a type of: nobility, noblesse - the state of being of noble birth
    same as: the purple
  3. (Roman Catholic Church) official dress of a cardinal;
    So named after the Tyrial purple color of the robes (synset 103268195)
    referred to in: church of rome, roman catholic, roman catholic church, roman church, western church - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
    is a type of: ecclesiastical attire, ecclesiastical robe - attire that is appropriate to wear in a church
    same as: the purple
Adjective
  1. Of a color intermediate between red and blue (synset 300381374)
    similar to: chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue
    same as: purplish, violet
  2. Excessively elaborate or showily expressed (synset 302024586)
    "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away"
    similar to: rhetorical - given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought
    same as: empurpled, over-embellished
  3. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler (synset 301595801)
    "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head"
    similar to: noble - of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times
    same as: imperial, majestic, regal, royal
Verb
  1. Become purple (synset 200290059)
    is a type of: color, colour, discolor, discolour - change color, often in an undesired manner
  2. Color purple (synset 200285848)
    is a type of: color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize - add color to
    same as: empurple, purpurate

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